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Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2008
Fahmī Huwaydī argued that some people exaggerate the significance of a supposed religious state.
Al-Jumhūrīyah claimed that “The Vatican accepts dialogue with Muslims provided that they stop believing that the Qur’ān is a divine book.”
Critique on SawṬ al-Ummah claiming Samuel Mashriqī, head of...
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2007
‘Ādil al
-Darjalī reported on the statements of the lawyer of Islamic groups Muntaṣir al-Zayyāt about Islamists
using Fatwás permitting the killing of civilians to justify their violent deeds.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2007
The Muftī of Egypt faced a storm of criticism following his ’controversial’ remarks about the Egyptian youths who died on the Italian shores while trying to cross the border illegally in search of a better life, in which he condemned their illegal acts and refused to consider them martyrs.
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2007
Charles
Fū’ād al-Misrī interviewed Dr. Aḥmad Subḥī Manṣūr, head of the Qur’ānists group, on his
life and activities in the U.S. as well as his some decade-old conflict with the Azhar.
Date of source: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Muḥammad
Khalīl reports on the repercussions to a recent Fatwá prohibiting Muslim men from marrying Jewish
women residing in Israel.
Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2007
Fahmī Huwaydī criticizes the use of religion to achieve certain political goals.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
The grand Imām of the Azhar, Dr. Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī calls for dialogue in discussing and criticizing Fatwás, rejecting the insult and attack method used by some Shaykhs to respond to the controversial Fatwás that they do not like.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
The Azhar Scholars’ Front has formed a committee to discuss the contradictions implied in the Fatwás of the grand Imām Shaykh Muh...
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2007
Angry reactions continue to be heard in intellectual circles regarding press freedom. The developments in the crisis of the 80-lash Fatwá issued by the grand imām of the Azhar, calls to abolish imprisonment in publishing-related cases, and the future of press in Egypt are the main subjects...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 24, 2007
The article deals with the danger of "globalizing" Fatwás. A group of Muslim scholars from outside the Arab world highlight the effect of issuing general Fatwás on Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries. The author cites more than one Muslim scholar who stress that Fatwás should be specific to...
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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.