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Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 2004
In a lecture held at the Alexandria Sporting Club, the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, and Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of Alexandria, called for the teaching of ethics in schools, in addition to a religious education class that should not be eliminated.
The two religious...
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2004
The Egyptian minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq denied reports in an independent Egyptian newspapers claiming the presence of American pressure on Egypt to limit the construction of mosques.
On another level, the Azhar strongly denied what an independent Egyptian...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
The whole world is watching us and observing what are we achieving in terms of reform, especially with regards to freedom of expression. We will not stand by helplessly hoping that an internal reform [of the Azhar] is achieved. The Azhar has long been a place for spreading enlightenment and...
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2004
Dr. W. Reiss responded to the summary of Dr. Al-Awa’s article on religious textbooks in AWR,
2003, week 52, art. 27
Date of source: Tuesday, January 27, 2004
The article is about a research discussed during the second Saudi National dialogue
Conference held in Riyadh a few weeks ago. The research is on the role of curricula of Sharia
sciences in Saudi public schools in promoting religious extremism and the culture of violence
against non-Muslims and...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 3, 2004
The article is the second part of an
overview of a study made by two Saudi researchers in order to introduce it in the second National
Dialogue Forum held in Riyadh a couple of weeks ago. According to the study and its authors, the
religious curricula in Saudi Arabia exaggerate in accusing other...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
The article discusses the image of Islam and Muslims in Western educational curricula. The
author explains that Western curricula depict a negative stereotypical picture of Islam and
Muslims.
Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2004
Colin
Powell wants his administration to convince the leaders of the Islamic world that the education
offered by schools in the Muslim world does not suit our times and undermines peace and security.
He claims that such education teaches students the worse terms in religion and the most hateful...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 2, 2004
The article criticize an
article published in Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami under the title "Colin Powell calls for reforming the
curriculum of Islamic education…and installing alternative curricula. "
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• Art. 18 – comment on inaccurate reporting on Christian TV stations
• Art. 21:...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2004
The Egyptian academic curriculum is in dire
need of development and revision; however, a problem arises when its development involves U.S.
interference.
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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.