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Date of source: Friday, January 9, 2004
Many narratives from the history of Prophet Muhammad document how he used to teach early Muslims the protocols of calling to prayer[azan]. He forbade them to raise their voice whether they were in the city or outside. The main purpose of the azan is announcing that prayer time has come. But the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2004
Language is the means the different religions use to preach their beliefs. At the same time, it is the means through which the followers of any religion understand it. As part of life, languages develop. Such development necessitates that the language of any religious text be understood in the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2004
There are real principles and illusionary principles. The existence and unity of God, the infallibility of the Qur’an and the message of the Prophet Muhammad are all real principles. However, there are some thoughts that came to be established as principles and thought of as real principles while...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 6, 2004
The article is an interview with German Muslim intellectual Murad Hoffman. He comments on the issue of renewing the Islamic religious discourse, Muslim communities in Europe and Islamic discourse vis-à-vis the global and humanistic approach.
Date of source: Friday, January 2, 2004
The article is an interview with the Minister of Awqaf, Dr. Muhammad Hamdi Zaqzouq. He speaks about methods for clarifying the true picture of Islam and Muslims. He also explains how to make dialogue with the ‘other’ in order to correct wrong opinions and pre-made wrong judgments.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 6, 2004
Al-Wafd starts a series of articles on the future of movements of political Islam in Egypt, their attitude towards democracy, participation and circulation of authority. In this article it reviews the most important Islamic movements that adopted violence in order to reach power and their attitude...
Date of source: Monday, January 5, 2004
The author believes that the real objective behind the U.S.-led war against Iraq is to convert Arab Muslims and Christians to Zionist Christianity. He backs his point of view by referring to an article in The Daily Telegraph reporting that Christian missionaries have spread in Iraq. Those...
Date of source: Thursday, January 1, 2004
The organization of Arabs Against Discrimination starts on January, 1, 2004. Ibrahim Nafie’, the head of the organization, said that it is the first Arab independent non-governmental organization. Its objective is to counter the tyrant campaign against Arabs and Muslims. The article covers the...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Both Christians and Muslims honour the name and memory of those who become martyrs for their faith, and the Qur’an warns that adversity is part of the life of the believer. But there is a widespread feeling among Muslims that Christians over-emphasize the part that failure and adversity play in...
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2004
Born to a musical family of British origin in 1980, Samy Youssef writes and composes his songs with the help of his father. He plays all musical instruments with the same skill. He made a great success and he was heartily, yet unexpectedly, welcomed by Egyptian youth who used to watch indecent...
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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.