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Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Rose el-Youssef wants a debate with Abdel Kafi and El-Ada’iya and claims they cannot support their arguments with documentary evidence. Rose el-Youssef also claims their campaign has strong support from religious people, newspapers and public opinion. They also claim that their aim "is to protect...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
After loosing their credibility, due to major irregularities in their behavior, Islamic extremist groups launched a new strategy, especially after the cessation of foreign aid. They now started to target high-class women and youth, as they are weak [in faith] but able to finance the new Do’a [...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
As there was no alternative, people went to the alleged Da’iya sessions. Some of them had great difficulty in consulting the right people of the Azhar over their religious concerns, because these sheikhs from the Azhar set the religion behind the stars as if they were trying to avoid problems.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The Da’awa [call to religion] mission should be carried out through people who have a wide knowledge because the Da’iya is a social doctor who treats the societies’ sickness and tries to fix its wrong behavior. The author listed some of the characteristics of the ideal Da’iya such as courage,...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The Da’iya plays an important role in shaping the nation’s thinking, because they have the authority to "forbid and allow" [to call things haram or halal], so the people who assume this responsibility have to be highly qualified to teach religion. A Da’iya has to be aware of the latest developments...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
There is a new attempt to promote extremism in Egyptian society through the penetration of these preachers into rich people’s homes but these preachers are not qualified to assume this responsibility.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
Despite the unsatisfactory level of female graduates from religious institutes, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has given them legitimacy, as they can get a license to teach Islam and practice the Da’awa once the security authorities give their approval. These female graduates became accepted as...
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2000 to Friday, April 21, 2000
The Islamic Dae’ia [a person calling others to adhere to Islam] Omar Abdel Kafi was allegedly called professor, while he has no university degrees, and his identity documents are not accurate, he deceived his followers forbidding them to do things, which he himself did. Rose Al Youssef revealed the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2000
The polemic da’iya Shereen taught hundreds of women, from different social strata, to hold to their Islamic principals, and dedicated her efforts to extend religious culture, but she decided not to squeeze herself in issuing Fatwas "religious decrees", and she won’t defend herself as God defends...
Date of source: Monday, April 3, 2000
The Minister for Religious Affairs, Hamdy Zaqzouq, supported the da’iya Shereen, in a press conference, which was principally held to announce arrangements for an Islamic conference. Shereen is at the center of a controversy over non-licensed Muslim women theologians being allowed to teach in...
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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.