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Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The Egyptian minister of interior, Major General Habīb al- ‘Ādlī, has submitted a memorandum to the Administrative Judicial Court, calling for the dismissal of the lawsuits filed by 150 Copts, who embraced Islam and afterwards decided to convert back to Christianity, and accusing the converts of...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
In an
interview with October
magazine, the general director of the Religious Guidance Department at the
Ministry of Awqāf
[Endowments], Dr. Sālim ‘Abd al-Jalīl speaks out on Islam’s
position on religious
freedom.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Apostasy in Islam means that an adult Muslim chooses, of his own free will, to leave Islam for unbelief, in which he finds pleasure. In one of the Hadiths [Written record of the sayings of the Prophet], it was said that a woman had left Islam for unbelief. When the Prophet heard about her, he...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2007
A CD distributed for free in downtown Cairo shows the process of the conversion of a young terrorist to Christianity.
Date of source: Saturday, October 11, 2003
The article is an interview with the new Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Gom´a. He comments on the issues of Sufism, renewing the religious discourse, issuing fatwas, modern Islamic preachers, Islam-West relations, apostasy in Islam, hisba lawsuits and applying the hudood [punishments for certain sins] of...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 22, 2006
The author has made an interview with Dr. ‘Alī Mabrouk on the confiscation of his research on Islamic theology.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 19, 2003
The writer rejects the concept of hating any person because of his or her religion or moral. If God promises unbelievers and sinners of torture in the afterlife, it does not mean that Muslims should hate them in this lifetime. He adds that extremists embrace such a dangerous attitude. They hate...
Date of source: Saturday, September 17, 2005 to Friday, September 23, 2005
The author discusses the different notions of ‘ridda’ and ideas of the punishment of the apostate as they appear in the Holy Qur’ān and the hadīths.
Date of source: Saturday, September 3, 2005
Throughout the past century, there has been a tug-of-war over the issue of the ridda.
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2005 to Friday, June 24, 2005
Muslims are no doubt responsible for their religion being abused. They helped through their actions, which are not related to Islamic teachings, in accusing their religion of terrorism and blood thirst.
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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.