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Date of source: Monday, June 17, 2002
The president of the Fiqh Council of North America said the future for Islam in America looked good because September 11 had started discussions. He said Muslims in the West often mix up traditions and the teachings of Islam. He also said real terrorism is the assaults and thefts going on in...
Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2002 to Saturday, June 22, 2002
Historically political movements were started by groups taking a certain stand but then then they changed into ideologies that merely justified the situation. Some of the people engaged in political activities used verses from the Qur´an to support their political stand.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 8, 2002
Reconsidering the ideologies of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya on the part of its imprisoned leaders caused divisions within the group. There is a general agreement on renouncing violence. But the controversy lies in the leaders´ declaration to refrain from their previous practices. This is...
Date of source: Saturday, March 30, 2002 to Friday, April 5, 2002
The Egyptian TV shows religious programs giving fatwas live on air. This leads to confusion among people as fatwas are given without due reflection. The head of the Azhar Fatwa Committee said that not every question could be answered directly. An Azhar scholar said that those who give fatwas...
Date of source: Thursday, March 14, 2002
One of the four books published recently by the Gama´at Al-Islamiya is titled “The Illegality of Extremism in Religion and of Charging Muslims With Kufr [unbelief].” In it, the leaders of the Gama´at consider charging Muslims with kufr an illegal act. They cited many Qur´anic verses and hadiths to...
Date of source: Saturday, March 16, 2002 to Friday, March 22, 2002
In this article, Egypt´s new Mufti speaks about the duties of Dar El-Ifta´ and the issues on which it can and cannot give fatwas. He said that it is important for specialists beside religious scholars to be consulted on issues such as genetic engineering, banking and medicine. This makes the fatwas...
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2002
Renouncing terrorism does not need books to be compiled, as the leaders of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya have done recently. It needs a true repentance and a confession of being guilty because of the many crimes committed. Some of the Brotherhood leaders said that such renouncement of violence could...
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2002
The Arabic section of the Voice of America interviewed some Muslim scholars and imams to give their opinions on issues like terrorism, jihad and the right of the USA to respond to the September 11 attacks. Such interviews were taped and hundreds of thousands of tapes were copied and send to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2002
The article tries to answer some questions about modern preachers, such as, Amr Khaled. These questions are: Do Egyptian families entrust their children to them because they attract the attention of young people from moral deviation and from joining terrorist groups? Or do they, in a way, pave the...
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2002
The media spokesman of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya said that the attacks against the US have nothing to do with Islam. He said that the media statement of Bin-Laden was provocative and full of expressions that can only be understood by Muslims. He expressed his rejection of the terrorism that was...
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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.