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Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2003
The Sunna of the Prophet is the second source for the Islamic Sharia [the first source is the Holy Qur´an]. The author argues that there are too many inauthentic, false hadiths, yet, raising doubts concerning the entire Sunna is a very extremist attitude. The best solution to such dilemma is...
Date of source: Friday, October 31, 2003
The author of the article reviews types of Islamic discourse among which are the discourse of Islamic moderation, Sufi Islamic discourse and text-based Islamic discourse.
Date of source: Friday, October 24, 2003
The Minister of Endowments said that he asked the Prime Minister to change the name of his ministry to “The Ministry of Endowments and Islamic Affairs.” The minister attacked modern Islamic preachers, including Amr Khaled. He said these preachers have launched a war against the ministry through the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 7, 2003
The author comments on the historical and religious status of the Azhar. He believes that the great status of the Azhar is somehow deteriorating. He discussed the reasons behind this in the light of the attitude of the Azhar towards of the fatwa of the Iraqi Transitional Ruling Council.
Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 2003
The US started to implement a plan to improve its image in the eyes of Arab people under the cover of inter-religious and inter-civilizational dialogue. The latest part of the plan is a program that was prepared for after the invasion of Iraq. According to the program some American associations and...
Date of source: Saturday, September 27, 2003
The article is an interview with the Mufti of Egypt. He comments on many topics including, giving fatwas, the relation between politics and giving fatwas, jihad, religious discourse, the US intervention in religious issues and educational curricula, dialogue with the other, the ideological...
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2003
The Minister of Endowments refutes the claims concerning unifying the subject of the Friday sermon and foreign intervention in the Islamic religious discourse. He also comments on the issue of renewing the religious discourse.
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003 to Friday, September 26, 2003
The author comments on the conditions of Muslims in Spain, the first mosque to be established in Granada five centuries after Muslims were driven out of Spain. There are 200,000 Muslims in Spain, including many new converts to Islam. Some examples of new Muslims are given.
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003
El-Sawi comments on the writings of American journalist Friedman on Arabs and Muslims. He concentrates on Friedman’s latest article published in the New York Times. Friedman suggested “formulating new Islamic principles.” In a sarcastic tone, al-Sawi calls these new principles “Islam according to...
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003 to Friday, September 26, 2003
It is claimed that the extremists and the fanatic Islamic groups control faculty mosques. Yet, all university principals emphasize that they fully control them, especially since most of their Imams are appointed by the Ministry of Endowments [Awqaf].
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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.