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Date of source: Monday, December 2, 2002
. Islamic thinkers Gamal Al-Banna and Selim Al-Awa believe that the Qur´an does not state any worldly punishment for apostasy and that apostates are punished in the hereafter. They stress that calling for punishment for apostasy is not in accordance with the Qur´anic principle that there is no...
Date of source: Friday, June 14, 2002
Wearing a veil has been widely criticized so this article looks at its history. It existed before Islam and is found in all of the heavenly religions, but only its use by Muslims causes comment. The veil is a symbol of chastity and purity not a political slogan.
Date of source: Friday, April 19, 2002
It is true that many Qur´anic verses mention that God preferred Jews to the whole world. However, God favored the people of Israel to all other peoples only when they believed in the Torah and obeyed His orders. God also promised them with the Holy Land. But when Moses asked them to enter the...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Dr. Nabīl Luqā Bibāwī’s response to the questions posed by AWR concerning Yustina Saleh’s article on the second article of the Egyptian constitution.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
A critique of the controversial work of researcher Yustina Saleh on the 2nd article of the Egyptian constitution, which states that sharī‘a is the main source of law.
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2005
A recent study at the Azhar revealed that there are over 10,000 anti-Islam websites.
Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 2004
Due to his interest in Islamic sciences and profound search for the essence of Islam, Judge Edwar Ghali Al-Dahabi, former head of State Lawsuits Authority, was granted the first-class medal of science and art during the celebrations of the Birthday of Prophet Muhammad in 1994 to be the first Copt...
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
The fatwa of Sheikh Muhammad Kamal Mustafa, Imam of the mosque of the Spanish town of Fuengirola and mufti of the Islamic community in Spain, allowing husbands to beat their wives triggered a wave of rage and rejection from women’s rights organizations that interpreted the fatwa as a call for...
Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2004
The tendency among some authors to exaggerate the distinction between the West and Islam is grounded in a proposed polarity based on mutual suspicion and hatred, or on fear.
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
Lord Carey concluded his lecture that despite some having prophesied an inevitable ‘clash of cultures’, we have a chance to belie the prophets of gloom and create a new relationship between Islam and Christianity.
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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.