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Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Dr. Ahmad al
-Tayyib, President of the Azhar University, talks in al-Musawwar about the legality of a woman leading prayer, the Western
demands for a change in the Azhar curricula, and reports that Jihād verses were omitted from the Azhar curricula.
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2005
The Islamic state? A contradiction in terms. Jihad? Far too much emphasis these days on military action. A requirement that women wear a veil? A quaint leftover from pre-Muslim times that is not mandated by Islam.
These and other observations by Gamal Banna, an 84-year-old Egyptian author, have...
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2005
In his meeting with a delegation from the U.S. Council for International Affairs, Dr. Tantāwī ascribed the spread of terrorism and violence in the world to the failure of religion to enact stronger anti-terrorism laws. He then expressed his willingness to visit the United States by official...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
The religious discourse needs to be rejuvenated to regain its social and institutional rank and to disprove claims of the West that the prevailing discourse promotes terrorism. The reason that religious discourse is lagging is the lack of Islamic heralds and their concentration on minorities, which...
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2005 to Friday, March 4, 2005
The Islamist writer Mr. Fahmī Huwaydī, known as “the enlightened,” is very upset about the Islamic conferences held nowadays, because they are discussing the same points every time regarding Islam’s view of extremism, the truth about the misjudged Jihād, and Islam’s protection of human rights,...
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2005
Many researchers in the history and future of Islamist movements reckon that the September 11 incidents have posed as a turning point in the development of political Islamist movements in the Arab region.
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2005
A few days ago, about 70 Saudi intellectuals charged Mrs. Mirvat al-Talāwī of unbelief and called for her dismissal from the UN ESCWA. These charges imply the possible assassination of Al-Talāwī by any group that uses Jihād as a cover to its heinous operations. The main reason behind this campaign...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2005
H.E. Dr. Amat Abdel Alim [Ama al-‘Alīm al-Sousuwa], Yemeni Minister of Human Rights, spoke about improving human rights in Yemen and its relation to attracting tourism to the country.
Date of source: Thursday, February 3, 2005
Early last January, al-Hayāt published extracts from Muntasir al-Zayyāt’s book Al-Jamā‘āt al-Islāmīya: Ru’ya min al-Dākhil [Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya: A vision from inside]. In fact, a better title would be Al-Jamā‘āt al-Islāmīya: A personal vision. While reading the book, one can feel that personal...
Date of source: Monday, February 7, 2005
Has the Saudi international conference on counter-terrorism conformed to the US vision of launching a war on terrorism? Was it really a new important step on the road to combating terrorism inside and outside the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia].
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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.