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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: Friday, June 3, 2005
Mahmoud Hamdī Zaqzouq, Minister of Awqāf, said that Islam restored women’s place in society as they were looked down upon and were not respected.
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
It seems there is a great deal of confusion between the hijāb and the niqāb. Some believe that the niqāb is a religious obligation, which is totally wrong.
Date of source: Saturday, June 4, 2005
Conditions of Muslims abroad and religious offenses still represent a serious problem seeking a solution to restore the true image of Islam. This issue is raised in reports of Egyptian embassies in Copenhagen and Paris and sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2002
When political Islam started, the policy of hijab began, upheld by force. In this terrorist atmosphere, the idea of Islam was merely to cover the hair, even if morality was nude. Qur’anic verses on hijab distinguish between free women and slave women and between chaste women and unchaste women.
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2002
Nine female announcers of Egyptian TV retired to wear the hejab. This fact makes a respectable career like that of an announcer join the club of disreputable careers that can only be redeemed by wearing the hejab. It cannot be separated from the belief that a woman without the hejab is less...
Date of source: Saturday, August 10, 2002
As Zionism is not Judaism, political Islam does not represent Islam. Both Zionism and political Islam are political ideologies that have nothing to do with religion. The author refutes the slogans of political Islam, in the hope that this refutation may mark the beginning of the age of...
Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2002
The author comments on a question asked by an audience member of a program on Shari’a and fatwa on whether using razors is halal or haram. He also comments on the fact that a Saudi fireman prevented his fellow firemen from entering a preparatory school for girls to save the girls from fire because...
Date of source: Saturday, July 27, 2002
Rose El-Youssef’s special file for this week contains an interview with Abdullah Annas, a pioneering Arab Afghan and articles on new preachers, how terrorists have exploited cassette tapes to spread their ideas, the Prophet’s perception of terrorism, the Brotherhood’s perception of women, the issue...
Date of source: Friday, June 7, 2002
The stereotyped picture of Muslim preachers is no longer acceptable in the age of globalization. Arabic satellite channels propagated a new generation of preachers known as young preachers. Analysts say that the phenomenon of young preachers has nothing to do with the decrease in the activities of...
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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.