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Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2000
The Ibn Roshd group has held a seminar about the defense of ijtihad [the freedom of interpretation in Islam] in the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, just hours before the tribunal verdict in an Hesba case which was filed by Sheikh Youssef Al-Badri, against the book "Father Adam" written by...
Date of source: Friday, April 28, 2000
In the symposium that was held in the Cairo Center for Human Rights the attendants agreed to support the freedom of "Ijtihad" and the people who try to do it, because it is not only the case of Abdel Sabour Shahin, it is the case of freedom.
Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2000 to Friday, April 28, 2000
Calling for Islam is a double-sided weapon if those who are responsible for it do not have enough knowledge to be qualified. Ijtihad is very difficult but nowadays, Islamic preachers are used to penetrating all matters of fiqh and any other matter by advice and giving fatwas. There are conditions...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 8, 2000
An interview with Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin, author of the controversial book "My father Adam", after the recent rejection of the case to ban the publishing of his book. Here he talks about the comparison of the case to a similar case he brought against Dr. Nasr Abu-Zeid some years ago, and about...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The statement issued by 31 scholars of the Azhar Scholars Front rejecting the Personal Status Law raised many questions about the identity of these scholars and to what extent they belong to the Azhar, especially since Sheikh Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, and The Islamic Research Council...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 1999
Khilafa [the rule of a caliph, a successor of Mohammed who holds both worldly and religious responsibilities], the republic, monarchy; these are different forms of government systems. Which of them represents the Islamic system? Dr. Mohammed Selim Al-Awa, the Islamic thinker, expresses his...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 1999
The punishment for Ridda [apostasy] from Islam was not stated clearly in the Holy Qur’an like the punishment for stealing. However, it was mentioned in two not-agreed-by-all Hadiths. The scholars did not consider such Hadiths while giving opinions, to the extent that Dr. Mahmoud Shaltout, the late...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 1999
Bishop Qolta expresses his thoughts on the Muslim month of Ramadan, and says there is a need for a new Islamic jurisprudence as well as a pressing need for a new Christian theology. "... Religious men all over the world have to work hard in searching for a new form for the relations between their...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 1999
Lebanese researcher George Qirm, a Christian, says "Non-Muslims were only severely persecuted under some Muslim rulers. Sporadic suppression as such was mainly governed by three factors: moody Caliphs, economic and social conditions of Muslim masses and intervention of foreign powers.
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 1999
Magdy Hussein, editor-in-chief of Al-Shaab, has now been sentenced to two years in prison for libel. The sentence is the result of the campaign of Al-Shaab of over a year against Youssef Wali, Minister of Agriculture. Hulsman met several times with Hussein and described his views on Islam.
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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.