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Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
Are women
allowed to be heads of states under Islamic sharī‘a?
The decision of well-known feminist,
Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī, to run for president
during the elections of 2004 was opposed
by a large number of Muslim scholars, who argue that the
physiological nature of women prevents them from...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
According to the author, Muslim communities in The Netherlands struggle to integrate
into
their adopted home while still maintaining their own religious identity.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Lawyer of Islamic groups, Muntasir al-Zayyāt, who defends
Hasan Mustafa Usāma Nasr, otherwise known
as Abu ‘Umar al-Misrī, has recently revealed
that al-Misrī is planning to sue the former
Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, for being involved in
his abduction and deportation to Egypt...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Shaykh Tantāwī of the
Azhar denied in an
interview that the top Sunni Muslim institution is incapable of fulfilling its role, indicating
that the
Azhar is no longer sending a good number of teachers to Arab and Islamic countries purely for economic
reasons.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Despite the considerable number
of fatwas
allowing bank dealings, some Muslims argue that bank interest is an adjusted form of usury
[Reviewer:
Ribā], which Islam regards as a major sin.
Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2006
The controversial document of
religious rights has
disappeared from the Azhar sheikhdom, raising many questions over the grand
imām’s
relations to it. Al-Maydān publishes a picture of Dr.
Tantāwī and Shaykh
cAmr al-Bastawīsī, the former head of the office
of the grand imām,
shaking hands...
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
Sāmih Fawzī says that Islamic thinker Dr. Muhammad ‘Umāra is used to attacking Christianity and the Holy Bible. Dr. ‘Umāra’s recent anti-Christian book Mulāhazāt ‘Ilmīya ‘Ala Kitāb al-Masīh fī al-Islām lil Duktour Michel Hāyik [Scientific notes on the book of Christ in Islam by...
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
The weekly sermon by the grand imām of the Azhar,
which focused on the
interpretation of Chapter 18, al-Kahf [The Cave] of the Holy Qur’ān,
dealt with the need for
dā‘iyas [Islamic preachers] to be equipped with knowledge and
evidence about Islam and its
morals.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Martin Accad argues that there are many misunderstandings about certain realities in the Middle East, the first of which has to do with the use of the term "terrorist." He also discusses apocalyptic forms of Islam and Christianity, and how people can help the situation.
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The
front-page item deals with a meeting between Grand Imām of the Azhar
Shaykh Muhammad
Sayyīd Tantāwī and former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey as
part of the Azhar’s
efforts to enhance the interfaith dialogue.
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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.