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Date of source: Thursday, July 31, 2003
Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi believes that some of the Islamic religious discourse expressions are no longer accepted by non-Muslim minorities in Islamic countries. For example, the word “dhimmis.” He believes that this word can be substituted with “citizens.” He adds that the age of globalization...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 5, 2003
The author explains the concept of “Religious fundamentals that are known by necessity,” especially as it used a lot against any one who brings about a new ijtihad.
Date of source: Friday, July 25, 2003
The article is an interview with the head of the American Fiqh Council. He speaks about the role of the council and how it corrects wrong notions about Islam. He also comments on the issue of renewing the religious discourse and the problems Muslims face in North America.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 2003
The author comments on the hudood [limits imposed by God, and is usually used to refer to the punishments laid down in the Qur´an for specific crimes such as theft and adultery] of the Shari´a. He tries to answer the question of whether Egypt is close to their implementation or not.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 2003
The article is an overview of a book titled “The mandates of the Ecclesiastical Judiciary in Egypt in the Different Eras” by Magdi Sadeq, a teacher at the Coptic Studies Institute. The book discusses the mandates of the church when it comes to judiciary system during the Arabic-Islamic era, the...
Date of source: Friday, July 18, 2003
Two Muslim sheikhs comment on the importance of renewing the religious discourse.
Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 2003
The article covers the 11th meeting of the European Council for Fatwa and Research. In one of its sessions, there were five researches discussing the issues of jihad and terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, July 12, 2003
The article is a comment on the fatwa of Yemeni Sheikh Abdel-Mageed Al-Zanadani who suggested having a new marriage system called “marriage friend” instead of the boy/girl friend system in the West. The fatwa was issued to help Muslim youth in the West to commit to the Islamic principles. The...
Date of source: Friday, July 4, 2003
The article is an interview with Ibrahim Fahmi Helal, the leader of the Coptic Nation Party [Umma al-Qibtiya], a right wing group that was established during the time of Pope Yousab. The group wanted the Coptic people to speak the ancient Coptic language and to cancel the constitutional articles...
Date of source: Thursday, July 3, 2003
Sheikh Abdel-Magid Al-Zindani, the chairman of consultative [Shura] Council of the Yemeni Islah [Reform] Party and the president of the Islamic Research University, calls for creating a new marriage bond called “Zawaj [marriage] friend” instead of the Western system “girl friend,” which allows...
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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.