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Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2000
Adel Hamouda uses a very sarcastic tone to relate two stories. One is about a bearded man who did not allow a lifeguard to save his veiled wife, who was fighting for her life in the waves of the sea, because the lifeguard is not related to her and thus does not have the right to touch her. The...
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2000
"Le Nouvelle Observateur", a French weekly, reports that London has become a haven for terrorists and a protector of Muslim extremist leaders from around the world. Many headquarters of terrorist extremist groups can be found in London. The "Observateur" tells many stories, describing the life of...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 13, 2000
[Fatwa: Religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or a Mufti] The author starts his article by explaining what the "Islamic telephone service" is. After exposing the opinion of the Mufti, who is not in favor of this service, he argues in favor of it, listing its advantages. He concluded his...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 12, 2000
In this article, the author asks many questions and listed many opinions regarding the case of sheikha Manal, who claimed to be a Sufi leader and a prophetess. He raised also asked who could protect female intellectuals from religious mania.
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2000
Sessions of the Twelfth Islamic Conference of the Founding Committee of the International Islamic Council for Da’wa [Islamic missionary activity or ’inviting or calling people to worship Allah by following the messenger of Allah] and Aid began in Cairo last Monday. In his speech, the Grand Sheikh...
Date of source: Thursday, September 14, 2000
The Al-Midan article of September 5 in the RNSAW [week 36A, art. 17] mistakes Pius the Fourth for Pius the Ninth. When this pope referred to the Jews as ’dogs’ , he was following the general trend of anti-Semitism in the history of the Churches.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 5, 2000 to Thursday, September 7, 2000
[Also Al-Wafd, September 7, 2000]
The American Department of State introduced its second annual report concerning religious freedom in many countries, including Egypt, China, Russia and the Arabic and Islamic countries. The first annual report included many claims regarding the persecution of...
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2000
In this article, the writer points out that the Coptic new year’s day is an Egyptian feast and not only a Christian one.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 6, 2000
The Misdemeanors Court of Sohag, pronounced the sentence in the case of the incidents at Dar Al-Salaam, which took place after those at Al-Kosheh. As a result of these incidents, five people were injured and 156 shops, one office, a pharmacy and a house were burnt and destroyed. Out of the 39...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 6, 2000
The Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, strongly rejected the private sector Fatwas [religious decree], given through a telephone line in return for a sum money. He thinks this could lead to the return of terrorism and a great deviation from what is right.
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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.