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The fatwa of Sheikh Nabawi El-Eish about the Iraqi Transitional Ruling Council did not only cause embarrassment for the Azhar but it also showed how divided the Azhar is. The Sheikh of the Azhar rejected the fatwa and said that Egyptian religious scholars are not allowed to give fatwas concerning a...
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The overview covers different articles that deal with the role religion plays in the life of President Bush and how it impacts his foreign policy and whether the US war on Iraq is a crusade. It also refers to the theory of clashes between civilizations.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
The Libyan president says that Christians and Jews should be given the right to circumambulate the ka‘bah.
Date of source: Saturday, October 19, 2002
The author believes that the USA uses Bin Laden to justify its expected war against Iraq, as the whole
world, except Britain, is not convinced of its other justification. He writes that if al-Jazeera had not
transmitted Bin Laden’s threats to attack the US if it attacks Iraq, the US would have...
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2006
The tenth World Conference of Islamic Youth recommended adopting an Islamic strategy for the renewal of schools and universities’ curriculum to cope with renewed religious discourse and respond to the suspicions raised against Islām.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The author
criticizes opinions liking al-
Zarqāwī to Che Guevara, a true freedom fighter admired and respected by
nations all over the world
for inspiring an honorable struggle for liberation from dictatorships, unlike al-
Zarqāwī, who will
end up in the ash heap of history.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
The article is an interview with the Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Goma´a. He comments on many subjects, such as, the concept of legitimate war in Islam, martyrdom operations, the Iraqi Ruling Council, the Iraqi resistance against American occupation, emergency laws and the relationship between...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 17, 2003
The author states that he is an Egyptian Copt and yet he writes this article in the defense of the Sheikh of the Azhar, who has been lately attacked because of the fatwa of Sheikh El-Eish about the Iraqi Transitional Ruling Council. He defends the Sheikh of the Azhar because he believes that the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 11, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, the former Mufti of Egypt and member of the Islamic Research Institute, about the status of Muslims, and conditions in Iraq and Palestine.
Date of source: Friday, September 12, 2003
The article is an interview with the Sheikh of the Azhar about the fatwa of Sheikh Al-Esh which incriminated dealing with the Iraqi Transitional Ruling Council. He said that he canceled the fatwa because no Egyptian sheikh, including himself, has the right to give a fatwa about Iraq. He stressed...
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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.