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Date of source: Thursday, August 14, 2003
The article is an interview with the Sheikh of the Azhar. He comments on the Arab Culture Conference, secularism, martyrdom operations, the role of the Islamic Research Institute in supervising religious books and the Azhar missions to Europe and the US.
Date of source: Thursday, August 7, 2003
Dr. Fou´ad Zakariya, a professor of Philosophy, suggested secularism as a substitute for Islamic thinking, stressing that it is the solution for the intellectual rigidity Muslims suffer from. The author approaches a group of Muslim scholars of religion for comments, they all object to this opinion...
Date of source: Friday, July 18, 2003
The author comments on the concept of secularism, which is wrongly understood to be the opposite of religion. He also comments on religion as a factor of peoples’ identities and the negative consequences of mixing religion with nationalism.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 17, 2003
A Syrian researcher studying at the Faculty of Dar Al-Ulum, Cairo University, discussed his Ph.D. thesis on May 31. His thesis is titled “The Stand of the Arab Secular Thought Towards the Qur´anic Text.” Dr. Hassan Hanafi and Dr. Muhammad Emara were members of the discussing committee. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Dr. Murād Wahba defends secularism and explains why it is rebuffed in the Islamic world.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2005
The author explores the historic and political context into which the text naming Islamic sharica as the main source of legislation within Egypt was introduced.
Date of source: Thursday, August 10, 2006 to Wednesday, August 16, 2006
By far the majority of Muslims today live their lives without recourse to violence, for the Koran is like a pick-and-mix selection. If you want peace, you can find peaceable verses. If you want war, you can find bellicose verses. You can find verses which permit only defensive jihad, or you can...
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
The early 20th century Islamic reformers had different backgrounds, influences and goals to the secular reformists. The secular reformers inherited the western antagonism to religion. In contrast, the Islamic reformers focused on how to establish a modern nationalist state based on justice.
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2005
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey has vetoed an amendment to the country’s new penal code that would reduce penalties for teaching unauthorized courses on the Koran.
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2004
The previous article offered a brief review of the mission and activities of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood during the last couple of decades, without delving into their past history. The Islamic movements in the Arab countries are variations of the Muslim Brotherhood, and would probably follow its...
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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.