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Date of source: Sunday, June 15, 2003
A prominent FBI official stressed American Muslims that he would protect them against hate crimes. He said that he expelled one of the officers because of writing an anti-Islam statement in his office calendar. The officer wrote: “Islam is evil.”
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2003
The author explains the true meaning of jihad in Islam. He believes that jihad, in the sense of fighting, is not confined to Islam. All countries and societies follow the concept of jihad as they all have armed forces and ministers of defense. He admits that some Muslims altered the meaning of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 27, 2003
The article gives the text of the statement of the Islamic Research Institute issued by the Sheikh of the Azhar and the Chairman of the Institute. He totally condemned the terrorist operations in Riyadh and Casablanca.
22. Humanities conference at the Azhar University: Correcting false Internet information about Islam
Date of source: Wednesday, May 14, 2003
The Islamic Universities Association organized in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities, at the Azhar University, a conference titled “Humanitarian Studies and Current Issues.” Participants in the conference called for forming a committee, including language professors at the Azhar University...
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2003
The French Prime Minister says that his government may give teachers a legal right to expel students who do not follow the secular traditions of the country. The issue of wearing veil in schools and the sermons of Muslim imams are raised in parallel.
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2003
The article is a comparison between the institutes established by the Azhar and Ansar Al-Sunna Al-Mohammadia group [Supporters of the Sunna of Muhammad] to train those who want to be preachers and imams. He concludes that there are many negative aspects about the institutes of the Azhar that make...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
The author criticizes the fact that some religious concepts, one of which is jihad, have been taken out of their traditional and historical context and are applied in a completely different framework. Jihad in the past was declared by an imam who had both political and religious authority to...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 9, 2003
The article explains how Egyptian fundamentalist Abu Hamza Al-Masri, leader of the London-based Ansar Al-Shari’a group, obtained his British citizenship and the reasons behind its withdrawal from him.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Dr. Pink presented her paper on teaching ethics and values in Egyptian schools at the international conference of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) at Vilnus University, Lithuania, April 9-12, 2003. Egyptian schools strongly promote nationalism and development with an emphasis of...
Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2003
Priests as well as sheikhs and imams have always been exempted from paying taxes. However, a recently issued decree by the Taxation Authority stipulates that the sum collected by priests in return for the religious services they perform in churches and for registering marriage contracts are subject...
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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.