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Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Khālid
Muntasir writes about the assassination of Faraj Fūdah and the accusations directed against him. These accusations
include Fūdah’s rejection of the application of Islamic Sharī‘ah, having seen no positive
impact of its application in other countries.
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2007
Jābir ‘Asfūr reviews the book written by Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī entitled, ‘Islam wa al-Dawlah al-Madaniyah’ [Islam and the Civil State], which considers an Islamic state and the human rights and civil liberties that this state enforces.,
Date of source: Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Al-Shaymā’ ‘Abd al-Latīf interviews Shaykh Ibrāhīm al-Fayyūmī, general secretary of the Islamic Research Academy.
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2007
Muhammad al-Bāz talks about being threatened with death by an Islamic group after he published an article urging Islamic scholars to refine the Islamic heritage from superstitions and fabricated stories added to the life of Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Thursday, April 12, 2007
The article represents different
opinions of Muslim scholars about the official and legitimate fatwá.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
A former member of the Muslim Brotherhood and controversial Islamic figure, Dr. ‘Abd al-Sabūr Shāhīn discusses various political, religious and social issues. He denies any discrimination against Copts and accuses the U.S. of inciting Copts against Muslims.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2007
The writer provides evidences and examples to prove that the hijāb did not exist during the Prophetic period and that it was ordained to the prophet’s wives.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
al-Qāhirah newspaper published Jamāl al-Bannā’s study about the Islamic ruling system during and after the Prophet Muhammad and his companions.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 25, 1997
The terms ’kafir’ (unbeliever) and ’murtad’ (an
apostate from Islam)
are extremely important in Islam. The article discusses the recent court cases in Egypt
against people
accused of being ’murtad’, for example the case of Nasr Abu Zaid, a professor in Arabic at
the University of
Cairo, and...
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
In this series of articles the author writes about the Islamic caliphate. He argues that it has never been theocratic or despotic, citing writings and books by several orientalists and Europeans. He contrasts the caliphate with the medieval theocracy.
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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.