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Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2013
The tenth day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic Hijrī calendar is known as ‘Āshūrā’. This day, is a sacred day celebrated by both Sunnīs and Shī’ah Muslims alike albeit for different reasons. Despite sharing this day in common, it highlights differences and brings memories of unjustified...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sāmī Ja'far interviewed Jihād ‘Awdah, member of National Democratic Party's Politics committee; ‘Awdah believe that to get rid of Muslim Brotherhood groups in Gaza, Bahrain, and Kuwait, we need begin from Egypt.
‘Awdah added that the defeat of Sudan's MB came after an attempt to kill President...
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2008
The article lists comments made on some of the author’s e-articles published on the Web. The comments reflect the author’s opinion on the appearance of the new dā‘iyahs and the strategies they follow to gain access into the public’s preferences.
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2008
The article discusses Jews in Iraq and the contribution that they made to society before emigrating to Israel.
Date of source: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, chairman of Ibn Khaldūn Center for Development Studies reports on his paper that was presented to a conference that was held in Rome under the title: ’The Cross, the Crescent and the Ballot Box.’ Ibrāhīm’s paper discussed Islam and democracy. In the following lines Ibrāhīm...
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2008
The article reports on the inauguration ceremony of the first Catholic church in Qatar’s capital city Doha.
Date of source: Sunday, August 26, 2007
Islamic banks are experiencing significant growth and attracting Muslims’ and non-Muslims’ savings in the Islamic world. This growth has tempted other traditional banks to open outlets that operate in accordance with the Islamic Sharī‘ah.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2006
In this article, the author warns Egyptian society against the dangers of the
expansion of the
Shī‘ah influence as it increases fitnah and doctrinal
disagreements in society
allowing space for the growth of an extremist trend in its thoughts and beliefs;
whereas the Sunnī
parties do not have...
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
The stand of the judge’s club against
appointing female judges shocked civil and feminist trends which believe that this stand is contrary to the
principle of judge’s independency. It also violates the Egyptian constitution and the international
charters.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Salmān al-Dussarī sheds light on a heated controversy in Bahrain nowadays over whether the candidates for the preliminary elections should be allowed to use pulpits and mosques as means in their electoral campaigns.
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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.