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Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Islamic thinker Jamāl al-Bannā said in this interview with Ākhir Sā‘a magazine that there is nothing in Islam called hadd al-ridda, which he deems as harmful to the tolerance and freedom of Islam, asserting that keeping the power of thought defunct will have unfavorable results.
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Ministry of Interior has refused to allow 150 Christian converts to Islam, who later returned to Christianity, to change the religious data on their identity cards back to Christianity. Kamal Zākhir Mousa argues that an extremist wing of the political elite is trying to link citizenship to...
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The
review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt in the light of a recent court
ruling
allowing their religion to be included in official documents like identity cards, passports or birth
certificates,
amidst an outcry from the Azhar and several intellectuals.
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: 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: 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.
Date of source: Monday, December 2, 2002
. Islamic thinkers Gamal Al-Banna and Selim Al-Awa believe that the Qur´an does not state any worldly punishment for apostasy and that apostates are punished in the hereafter. They stress that calling for punishment for apostasy is not in accordance with the Qur´anic principle that there is no...
Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2002
The author criticizes Sayyed Al-Qimni´s opinions concerning the punishment for apostasy in Islam and accuses him of ignorance. He argues that because Al-Qimni belongs to the Qur´anien, who deny the sunna, he denies the faith mentioned in the Qur´an.
Date of source: Saturday, October 26, 2002 to Friday, November 1, 2002
The author comments on the “Apostasy wars,” used in the arguments of those who believe that “killing” is the punishment for apostasy in Islam. He analyses the recommendation of the Creed and Philosophy Committee that the apostate be given a lifetime opportunity to renounce his apostate ideas.
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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.