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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: Tuesday, August 19, 2003
The author gives examples of what he believes is external religiosity. He expresses the opinion that external religiosity is one of the consequences of “the crisis of identity” Egyptians are going through.
Date of source: Monday, August 4, 2003
The writer interviewed Karen Armstrong, the author of “The Battle for God” in Ottawa. She comments on the image of Islam in Western media and the reasons behind the wrong image American academic circles have of Islam. She also comments on the role Europe can play in regard to the dialogue between...
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 2003 to Friday, August 1, 2003
The author creates an imaginary scene where he and a prominent Pharaonic figure, called Ani, decided to visit a convent. There, Ani saw that nuns wear veils. On the tongue of Ani, the author argues against the veil and concludes his article with the call: “take off the veil covering our minds.”
Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Dr. Margo Badran, American professor of Islamic Culture at Northwestern University, interviewed the Mufti of Egypt on the position of women in Islam. The Mufti refuted western allegations in that respect.
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2006
A seventeen-year old Muslim girl has been prevented, according to a court verdict from the highest legal authority in Britain, from wearing hijāb [headscarf] at her school, the author writes.
Date of source: Saturday, July 19, 2003 to Friday, July 25, 2003
A warning for physicians: do not examine a female patient without the presence of her mahram [A person with whom marriage is forbidden. A relationship by marriage or close blood ties that permanently prohibits marriage between two people, and therefore they are allowed to be in privacy together...
Date of source: Sunday, July 13, 2003
The author claims that women wearing the hijab are excluded from the public action. He recounted three different stories of women suffering from this problem.
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The author comments on an article by Dr. Muhammad Ahmed Al-Maseer published in Al-Liwa al-Islami. Al-Maseer wrote that the niqab [head scarf covering the face with the exception of the eyes] is not a religious obligation and not even a sunna. The author refutes this opinion.
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The author comments on an article published in Al-Hayat of June 26, 2003 under the title “A veil for the head or the mind?” by Adonees. She refutes what Adonees said about the veil [hijab] not being an obligation, as there is no clear-cut text in the Qur´an in that respect. She disagrees with...
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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.