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Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy is split
over a book authored by a
businessman that interprets the Qur’ān in more than 27,000 verses. He
says his book, the first
literary epic in the Arab world dealing with interpretation of the
Qur’ān, will make it easier
for the public to understand...
Date of source: Monday, August 28, 2006
The author of the article, ‘Ādil Jindī, discusses excerpts from speeches by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in which he urged his people to prepare themselves for the return of the Mahdī. Jindī quotes the speaker of the Iranian Majlis, Mahdī Karrubi, as saying that in preparation for the...
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2006
The article deals with the
security interference in the selection of preachers for mosques, citing
a letter signed by a police major
general prohibiting Dr. Safwat Hijāzī from delivering sermons in
mosques after he gave a
fatwá allowing the killing of Israeli tourists.
Date of source: Friday, August 18, 2006
The author writes in this part of
the series that the West keeps on "giving us a
headache" about the flaws marring Islamic discourse while the
Western school curricula, that forms the minds
of children and youth, contain flagrant enmity against Islam and
Muslims.
Date of source: Thursday, August 17, 2006
The Djibouti minister of Islamic
affairs,
Dr. Mogueh Dirir, said in this interview with al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī newspaper that
Jewish and Christian missionary campaigns were targeting many parts in the African continent in the absence
of
significant Muslim activities and indifference about the da‘...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
The author, who
was on tour in Denmark along with
journalists from several Arab and Muslim countries, obtained a copy of the report
by the Danish Public
Prosecutor who filed Muslims’ complaints against the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten
on the grounds
that the paper committed a violation of...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Tal‘at Radwān summarizes the
recent debate on reforming religious discourse organized by the
Cairo Centre for Human Rights.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
In an interview with Muhammad Shibl [a Muslim thinker], the
author
discusses the issue of a unified call for prayer in Cairo.
Date of source: Monday, August 14, 2006
The author notes how officials have tried to use Islamic preaching in mosques
to
confront the huge public support for Hasan Nasr Allāh, the leader of the Hizb Allāh. He reports on
different reactions to this order.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 2, 2006
The author analyses the history of domination over religious institutions in Egypt. He
stresses that there is tight control over such bodies under the current government.
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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.