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Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2003
The Deputy of the Azhar comments on the ruling of the Administrative Court that canceled the decision of the Azhar concerning banning a three-part religious book by Said Muhammad Hassan. He says that Islamic Research Institute does not violate the freedom of thought as long as it does not...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 27, 2003
The article gives the text of the legal findings of the Administrative Court ruling, which canceled the decision of the Islamic Research Institute concerning banning a three-volume religious book by Said Muhammad Hassan.
Date of source: Saturday, May 17, 2003
The article discusses the issue of poets who cite Qur’anic verses in their poems and thus end up accused of kufr [unbelief] by men of religion. It approaches Muslim scholars to comment on when poets are allowed to cite Qur’anic verses in their poems in the framework of the freedom of creativity,...
Date of source: Thursday, May 8, 2003
In the second incident targeting Christian missionaries in Lebanon, a Jordanian living in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, was killed with an explosive device that was put in front of the flat of his neighbor, a Dutch missionary.
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2003
A Jordanian court has sentenced journalist Mousa Hawamda to three months imprisonment for the charge of defaming Islam in his poetic anthology “My Trees are Higher,” published in 1999. Many Islamists issued fatwas accusing him of kufr [unbelief] and allowing his blood to be shed. Hawamda stressed...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Ali Al-Saman, the deputy-chairman of the Azhar Inter-Religious Dialogue Committee. He comments on the Muslim-Christian dialogue in the light of the US war on Iraq and the hostile relations between Islam and the West. He says that sending Christian missionary...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2003
General director of the Benevolent Construction Association in Riyadh said that the entire village of Gradwa in Guinea embraced Islam at the hands of a group of missionaries following the association.
5. Jordan: Islamists accused some journalists of being unbelievers because they insulted the Prophet
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2003
Jordanian authorities arrested three journalists because of publishing an article allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad and his wives. The court decided to close the paper for which they work. Al-Amal Al-Islami Front accused them of apostasy.
See also art. 9 in this issue.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Many intellectuals in the Arab and Islamic world are killed in the name of defending Islam. Muslims should stand firmly against such crimes because of their dangerous effects on Islam and on people’s security, freedom of belief and right of ijtihad.
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2004
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Sayyed Tantawi, rejected any interference in the affairs of Muslims under the guise of calls for change and reform. He announced that no one interferes in Al-Azhar’s affairs, including the President or any other authority in the country. He also stressed that...
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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.