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Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
The author criticizes the fact that some religious concepts, one of which is jihad, have been taken out of their traditional and historical context and are applied in a completely different framework. Jihad in the past was declared by an imam who had both political and religious authority to...
Date of source: Saturday, April 12, 2003 to Friday, April 18, 2003
TV program "Al-Rahman Alaam Al-Qur´an" [The Merciful teaches the Qur´an] presented by Sheikh Muhammad Hidaya brings to the surface the issue of “Show preachers.” Because of the many mistakes Hidaya communicates in the program, the Azhar demands that only Azhar graduates should be hosted...
Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2003
Priests as well as sheikhs and imams have always been exempted from paying taxes. However, a recently issued decree by the Taxation Authority stipulates that the sum collected by priests in return for the religious services they perform in churches and for registering marriage contracts are subject...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2003
The Grand Imam of the Azhar notified the minister of information and the head of the board of trustees of the Radio and Television Union that the TV program presented by Sheikh Muhammad Hidaya lacks true information and does not help in spreading tolerant Islamic culture. He demanded that the...
Date of source: Friday, March 28, 2003
The author believes that the US aggression on Iraq makes Bush and Bin Laden similar. He believes that the aggression is much more terrible than the attacks of September 11. Both events are terrorist events that have no religious justifications whatsoever.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 2003
The author believes that there is no convincing reason for stopping the TV program "Ro´a” [Revelations] which hosts Muslim scholars and psychiatrists to interpret dreams. The program is said to have prompted the imminent coming of the Awaited Mahdi.
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2003
The opinions of different sheikhs and Muslim scholars concerning whether the participation of Arabs in the Knesset is permitted according to the Shari´a or not.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 25, 2003
Sheikh Amr Khaled comments on his way of preaching and the relation between Islam and the West. Full Text The Islamic preacher Amr Khaled affirmed that there is a great gap between Muslims and the West.
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2003
Dr. Soad Saleh, comparative jurisprudence professor at the Azhar University, says that the Mufti of Egypt welcomes her demand to appoint a female mufti. She accepts women assuming presidency of the State but rejects that a woman be appointed as a grand imam of the Azhar
Date of source: Thursday, February 20, 2003
The article raises many questions regarding issuing fatwas as many people believe that issuing fatwas is facing troubles and may have reached a crossroads.
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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.