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Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2004
The Islamic da’ya [a person who calls to Islam, a preacher] Youssef Al-Qaradawi is one of the icons of moderate Islamic thought and that is why he was chosen as head of the International League of Muslim Scholars as well as the European Council for Fatwas and Research. In this interview, Sheikh...
Date of source: Saturday, December 15, 2001 to Friday, December 21, 2001
Associating religion with a certain regime or institution wrongs religion and turns it into a mere temporary and worldly formula that stops at personal conflicts and financial interests. True religion does not focus on establishing regimes but cares in the first place about planting the true faith...
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2001
Freedom is the core of the Shari’a [Islamic law]. If freedom came to be applied, illegality would disappear and Islamists would be the first ones to benefit from its application. How good would it be if Islamists reached the seat of authority through freedom! It never happened before in any...
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2001 to Friday, November 30, 2001
The author believes BBC, CNN and al-Gezira have not provided objective reports about the war against the Taleban and the Al-Qa’ida movement.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 13, 2001
The author speaks about the absent role of the Islamic religious institution and gives his perception of the role it should play. He believes that the Islamic religious institution is not able to spread an awareness of Islam in the West, which believes Islam to be the new enemy of western...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
The Mufti believes that Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s broke the boundaries of good manners and morals and that her opinion concerning transplantation of sexual organs leads to the undesirable mixing of lineage. He stressed that the hijab [hair cover] is clothing in accordance with the Qur’an and the...
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2000
A few months ago, the Grand Imam filed a lawsuit against the General Secretary of the Azhar Scholars’ Front because the latter wrote an article which the former believed was meant to criticize him. The president of the court asked for a reconciliation between them because both are great scholars...
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
A new book is promoted which claims that the earth does not rotate and there is no gravity.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Sub-titles: Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin: An international Islamic conference is needed to study how to choose the Sheikh Al-Azhar. Dr. Abdel-Azim Al-Matani: We must return to the old system: The Sheikh of the Azhar should be selected from the group of the Grand Ulama. Dr. Mohammed Ra’fat Othman: There...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2000 to Friday, January 7, 2000
Subtitles: They used a disagreement between me and him and threatened me to deport me if I did not cooperate with them. They accused me of leaking a statement issued by Sheikh Omar from prison urging his followers to avenge him... Three days later the Gamaa Al-Islamiyya carried out the massacre in...
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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.