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Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
The review deals with a fatwa by Muftī of the
Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a on the right of a non-Muslim mother to retain custody of
her
children in the case of her husband’s conversion to Islam in light of a lawsuit filed by a Christian
convert
to Islam who claimed the right to custody of his...
Date of source: Monday, May 22, 2006
The Islamic Centre in London, originally
Egyptian, has been subject to a Saudi takeover
through a policy of funding, staff replacements and intimidation.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The
review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt in the light of a recent court
ruling
allowing their religion to be included in official documents like identity cards, passports or birth
certificates,
amidst an outcry from the Azhar and several intellectuals.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
Some Egyptians have filed lawsuits against the grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyīd Tantāwī calling for his dismissal for his "unacceptable" opinions about the hijāb in France and his position regarding the Danish cartoons against the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The author continues his series of articles in Sawt
al-Azhar newspaper to reply to
Archpriest Zakarīya Butrus’s opinions about Islam in his appearances
on the Christian TV channel al
-Hayāt.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The
author presents a meeting between Ahmad ‘Abd al-
Mu‘ti Hijāzī a famous Egyptian
poet and the muftī in which Hijāzī
talked about the relationship between scholars,
extremism and terrorism. The muftī boasted that
all those who proved to be extremists or terrorists
were not graduates of...
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
A conference was convened recently
to discuss ways to stand up to terrorism through the propagation of moderate ideologies in the face of
extremism.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
The article discusses the weekly Friday sermon and the
poor
performance of the preachers, whom many view as insufficient to stand on the minbar [a pulpit inside
the mosque] and deliver sermons to Muslim worshippers.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
More than one
month before the opening ceremony of World Cup 2006 in Germany, a
friendly match took place in Berlin between
Muslim imāms and vicars as part of an initiative
aimed at increasing understanding among religions.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
In an
interview with October
magazine, the general director of the Religious Guidance Department at the
Ministry of Awqāf
[Endowments], Dr. Sālim ‘Abd al-Jalīl speaks out on Islam’s
position on religious
freedom.
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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.