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Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2004
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin tries to prove that wrong ideas can live forever. He insists on not admitting his mistakes and sins. The most famous mistake of Dr. Shahin is his book “My father Adam”, which, according to Dr. Zaghloul Al-Nagar, has no religious, scientific or literary aim.
- See art. 12:...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In Dr. Hamdi Zaqzouq’s new book “Al-Ialam wa qadaya al-Hewar" [Islam and issues of dialogue] he is calling for renewal and freedom of mind as well as a new vision to religious concepts. - See art. 1: A lawsuit against Egyptian scriptwriter Usama Anwar Okasha for offending a Companion of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Religious scholars and muezzins are still arguing about Ministry of Awqaf [Religious Endowments’] decision to unify the azan in Cairo by the beginning of the month of Ramadan. The local council rejects the decision completely.
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2004
In reply to questions posed by AUC students, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, reaffirmed his fatwa that bank profits are legal in Islam (Halal), wether the interest rate is fixed or changeable according to profit and loss accounts. He added that he deposits his own money at a...
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
The Qur’an is a book of religion and guidance, not one of chemistry or physics. The denial of any so-called scientific miracles is not a blasphemy because the Qur’an is not required, nor should it be required, to function as a reference in medicine or a PhD in geology.
Date of source: Saturday, October 16, 2004
October magazine questioned the minister of Awqaf, Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, on a number of issues related to Islamic Da’wa [call to Islam] and other religious matters.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In this interview Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Azhar, answers questions about Islamic-Christian dialogue, developing the religious discourse, Azhar education, rights of women in Islam and others.
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
The Ibn Khaldoun Center has issued a press release attacking the Azhar and its Grand Imam as the head of the most powerful religious institution in the Muslim world.
The brazen release came in direct response to statements made by Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai Al-...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
The Clerical Council for Civil Affairs deals with the civil and personal issues pertaining to Orthodox Copts both inside and outside Egypt. The large amount of cases has constituted an immense burden on clergymen working in it, in turn transforming the Clerical Council to something resembling a...
Date of source: Sunday, January 11, 2004
I woke up one morning to find out that I was accused of anti-Semitism, that is to say, accused of being anti-Israel. This happened because I dared to search and write an article titled The Lie about the Burning of the Jews in the Islamic weekly Al-Liwaa Al-Islami. It has been more than two months...
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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.