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Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2006
Sāmih Fawzī presents a review of a book entitled, ‘Al-Hurrīyah fī -al-Asr Ma’zaq al-Islāh al-Siyāsī wa-al-Muwātanah’ [Bounded Freedom: The Dilemma of Politics and Citizenship] by the secular writer ‘Ādil Jindī. The book provides a definition of secularism, emphasizing the necessity of enforcing it...
Date of source: Monday, November 20, 2006
Ikrām Lam‘ī refers to the contradiction of the political agenda of
Islamist groups in Egypt, who reject a religious president like George Bush, and hail the return of the
secular Democratic
Party.
Date of source: Saturday, November 4, 2006
The era of the enlightenment
was the age of the materialistic and spiritual power that invaded Western Europe, Russia, and the European
expansion beyond the Pacific Ocean, now known as America. This age established the value of modernization, where
the values of the “white man” became the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Ibrāhīm Muhammad Hamzah writes about the relationship between fundamentalist groups and democracy.
Date of source: Monday, September 29, 1997
Subtitle:- Some monks in
Saint Samuel’s Monastery broke into the room of a fellow monk and took
everything.- Did one of the
monks say to the bishop "I will tie you up and send you to the pope with my
thanks"The case of Monk
Gawargius al-Sa’omuli and goings-on at Saint Samuel’s Monastery.
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2006
The author discusses what kind of Middle East will emerge from the “ashes” of the recent conflict in Lebanon. He quotes different opinions on this matter – will a secular Middle East emerge or one controlled by “fanatic” Islamic administrations.
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
A discussion of tolerance and the relationship between religion and politics in Egypt from the era of Muhammad Ali, through the Nasser and Sadat years and concluding with two choices for the future for Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 5, 2006
The author
highlights statements of Egyptian Muftī ‘alī Jum‘a
on many important
issues related to Islam and Egyptian society.
Date of source: Friday, June 23, 2006
An assessment of the benefits of secularism and
condemnation of the ways in which it
has been emptied of its positive content and turned into a form of atheism.
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2006
The author deals with the issue of democracy and how Egypt was a liberal state until the
outbreak
of the 1952 revolution that brought a military regime in power, which disbanded all political
parties and
established a one-party system with no clear political agenda in mind.
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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.