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Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2003
Al-Liwa Al-Islami published the first part of an interview with Dr. Ali Gomaa, Mufti of Egypt. This part discusses the role of Dar Al-Ifta´, the uniform of Al Azhar, the various bases for making a fatwa, and the relations between the Dar Al-Ifta´ and Al Azhar.
Date of source: Friday, October 17, 2003
Arab and Muslim countries are explicitly requested to change the religious education textbooks, with the argument that the current textbooks generate terrorists. This request is not new. It was directed to the Muslim World more than two centuries ago, but it was a failure, as it resulted in Muslims...
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The former deputy of the Pakistani Punjab University disclosed that there are attempts on the part of the Pakistani government to eliminate the word “jihad” from educational curricula, due to American pressure.
Date of source: Monday, June 30, 2003
The author reports that the Open American University (in Cairo), which is an independent academic institution, has a section for Islamic studies. The author wonders what the US has to do with Islam? Does the US want to have preachers that promote what can be called an American Islam? He adds that...
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2003 to Friday, May 30, 2003
The visit which the Minister of Education and some officials in his ministry paid to the US gives more space to what has been said about the US asking Arab and Islamic countries to change their pre-university educational curricula as it allegedly promote terrorism and extremism. The article...
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2003
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Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2003
The author discusses whether the Azhar curricula really need to be improved. He gives many examples of the Azhar schoolbooks to show that they should be changed. Many of the vocabulary used and even the ideas taught are obsolete and against modern sciences. The image of women portrayed in them is...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Dr. Pink presented her paper on teaching ethics and values in Egyptian schools at the international conference of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) at Vilnus University, Lithuania, April 9-12, 2003. Egyptian schools strongly promote nationalism and development with an emphasis of...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
There is a great respect in Egyptian schoolbooks for Christian religion, although there is only little information on its faith and life. There is excellent information on the early history of the Copts in Egypt, but almost no information about the Christian minority after the conquest of Egypt....
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2003
The head of the Egyptian parliament referred an urgent request submitted by a Brotherhood parliamentary member concerning the criticism which the Minister of Education leveled at Qur´an schools to the Education Committee of the parliament. The minister said that such schools are responsible...
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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.