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Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2001
Al-Usbua of November 5 claimed Dr. Tareq Mitri and father Khalid Akasheh rejected describing Islam as a heavenly religion in the final session of a Muslim-Christian conference. Dr. Mitri wrote the RNSAW and denied he said this. Dr. Muhammad Selim Al-Awa supports Dr. Mitri and praises him for his...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
The author believes that most of the comments that were written on Al-Nabaa’s article about the expelled monk, especially those connecting it with national unity, lacked correct judgment. He is of the opinion that Al-Nabaa’s problem had nothing to do with national unity and that the whole story was...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
The state considered that the problems of the Copts were a source of headaches, preferably to be avoided. Some people claim that the state relaxed after Pope Shenouda was returned to his seat by a new appointment decree. They considered the pope, to be the representative of the Copts in all...
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2001
The book "Treatment of Non-Muslims in the State of Islam," by Ibrahim Suleiman, refutes the claims accusing Islam of being a religion of fanaticism that blots out freedom. It also discusses the principles of the Islamic Shari’a regarding the treatment of non-Muslims.
Date of source: Friday, August 24, 2001
Ibn Al-Qayyim listed ten opinions regarding whether non-Muslim women are to stay with their husbands after converting to Islam. Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi preferred the sixth of ten opinions on this matter. Al-Qaradawi added to the sixth opinion that full marriage, including sexual intercourse, is...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2001
Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women to stay with their husbands after converting to Islam caused controversy. Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin agreed with the fatwa and explained that the Qur’an prevents a woman who has joined Islam from staying with her apostate husband and not her Kitabi...
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2001
Professor Mohammed Ahmed Al-Mosayyir of the Azhar University explained that since men have power over women, a Muslim woman cannot be the wife of a non-Muslim man. If a non-Muslim woman converts to Islam, she can stay with her husband, without sharing his bed in order to explain Islam to him. She...
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin explained that he agreed with Sheikh Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women who have converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. He said that fatwas that make people afraid of converting to Islam should not be issued and that converting to...
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2001
Scholars in Egypt are divided between rejecting and supporting the fatwa issued by the European Council for Fatwa and Research. The fatwa allows non-Muslim women who converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. The Islamic Research Institute and the Egyptian Fatwa House...
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
There had been an aggressive campaign in the Egyptian press in general accusing emigrant Copts of being spies for America and western countries. The World Center for Human Rights calls for all those in charge to stop all this type of news that damages social unity and stabilityAccording to a press...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.