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Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 2004
Mixing the two concepts of jihad and liberation has made many Arabs support Al-Qa’ida’s actions in Iraq considering it Jihad. Declaring jihad became open field for anyone who wants to act against his government, his country or against other countries. There is a big difference between the concept...
Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2004
Three Muslim scholars issued a strange fatwa that was published in Al-Haqiqa [the Truth] newspaper. The three scholars object to the appointment of Dr. Youssef Boutros Ghali as Minister of Finance because, according to them, a non-Muslim must not preside over the Bayt Al-Mal [public treasury] of...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2004
A fatwa by Sheikh Muhammad Abdel Maqsoud revealed how shallow, extreme words can be terribly influential on naive minds if the opinions of other religious scholars are absent. Sheikh Abdel Maqsoud banned photographs and cinema, while permitting watching videotapes, arguing that videotapes consist...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
In his last Friday sermon in Doha, Shaykh Yousuf al-Qaradāwī indicated that it may be his last this season and revealed that the Qatari TV had erased all his previous speeches.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Are demonstrations halāl [lawful] or harām [impermissible]? The question per se seems bizarre, for the interference of religious fatwas in politics could do away with both religion and politics.
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
Muftī of the Republic Shaykh ‘Alī Jumca said he has never issued a fatwa [religious edict] about demonstrations, stressing that if demonstrations were meant to peacefully express opinion, which is a constitutional right, then there is nothing wrong.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Many people confuse fatwa and personal opinions. For instance, the resistance in Iraq, the US occupation of Iraq or the abuse of the Holy Qur’ān are matters that have to do with opinions, not fatwa, said Mufti of the Republic Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘a in an interview.
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
The current generation of female Muslim Brotherhood members, or the al-Akhawāt [Sisters] Department, as named by the outlawed group, is different from the old guards.
Date of source: Thursday, June 9, 2005
Although I am not in favor of the cultural explanation of the phenomenon of terrorism, the fake religious cloak this group is acting under spurs me to say that this destructive indiscriminate violence would not have spread if it there had not been a cultural background that churned out fanaticism...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
I have no idea if the homicide and suicide concepts exit in Islam, or if it is a new fatwa issued by the Jihād jurisprudents, assuming that God is on their side, but suicide in other cultures would be committed to get a better life, but in the Jihādist point of view, you have to kill others and...
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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.