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Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Participants in the sixth international conference for Zakat [almsgiving as prescribed in Islam] in Doha stressed that Zakat is one of the most important means for eradicating poverty and achieving development in poor countries. They also denied any relation between Zakat organizations and...
Date of source: Saturday, February 15, 2003
Interview with the head of the Azhar Fatwa Committee concerning the work of the committee and some of the controversial fatwas he issued. He also gives his opinion on modern Islamic preachers
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: Saturday, October 26, 2002 to Friday, November 1, 2002
The author comments on the “Apostasy wars,” used in the arguments of those who believe that “killing” is the punishment for apostasy in Islam. He analyses the recommendation of the Creed and Philosophy Committee that the apostate be given a lifetime opportunity to renounce his apostate ideas.
Date of source: Saturday, March 2, 2002 to Friday, March 8, 2002
Muslim and Christian clergymen stress that the activity of collecting donations for building mosques and churches offends the creed and deforms its sacredness, especially because some of the people who collect such donations took up this activity as their job to make money without being questioned...
Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2006 to Friday, February 10, 2006
The author explains that disputes among Muslims are negatively affecting Islamic unity. These disputes are the result of two widespread misconceptions. The first is taqiyā and the second is the extreme sanctification of imāms.
53. Response to AWR’s questions on Yustina Salih and the second article of the Egyptian Constitution
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The full text of Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyoumī’s response to the 30 questions Drs. Cornelis Hulsman sent him concerning the second article of the Egyptian constitution.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005
The article discusses the phenomenon of business in the name of Islam and cites prominent Muslim scholar, Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim’s theological arguments on the matter.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
A cleric of the Islamic Research Academy has urged Brotherhood candidates not to spend zakāt funds on their election campaign.
Date of source: Monday, October 24, 2005
Out of the blue, the Fatwa Committee of the Azhar al-Sharīf in Alexandria has issued a fatwa allowing parliamentary candidates to offer gifts to their constituents.
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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.