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Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
The AUC has called on Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, to back down on the decision to ban a book on Wahābī Islam in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, October 24, 2005
The author discusses a debate, aired on al-‘Arabīya satellite TV channel, concerning the thorny issue of bank interest in Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2005
Supposing that His Eminence the Shaykh is cleaning his teeth, didn’t he wonder who designed the toothbrush in its present form? It was the "infidel" Chinese who first thought of means to clean teeth by inventing special tiny sticks some 3,000 BC!
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2005 to Friday, October 7, 2005
The author suggests that extremists twist religious texts to suit their own aims.
Date of source: Monday, September 26, 2005
The author argues that the radical changes that Saudi Arabic has witnessed over the past three decades have contributed to a religious and cultural crisis, marked by a failure to interact with modernity.
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2005
A decisive confrontation between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States over minorities’ religious rights is in the cards, but a recent decision to postpone sanctions shows the impact of oil prices on U.S. policy.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
The founding council of the Muslim World League called for addressing the challenges threatening the umma [Muslim nation]. The League emphasized that some international projects, such as the American project of the "Greater Middle East", are posing a threat to the umma.
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2004
Yesterday the founding council of the Muslim World League inaugurated the 38th session of the council in Mecca. Sheikh Abdel Aziz Bin Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia said that Islam is innocent of the accusations directed to it. "It was revealed that those who accuse Islam...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
The American journalist Sandra Mackey was known in the 1980s for her book on how the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia changed from a desert unknown to many into one of the major powers influencing the fate of the world. McKay lived in Saudi Arabia for four years in which she dealt with the authorities there...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
I was provoked by a TV program aired by the Iqraa Channel. The young hostess of this program, who speaks in the same way senior sheikhs do, said that the person who abandons prayer should be killed. Prayer is part of the personal relationship between man and God. If someone gives up prayer, he will...
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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.