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Date of source: Tuesday, August 26, 2003
The article covers a symposium held in Paris about renewing the religious discourse under the title “Consultative meeting about scientific means to renew religious discourse.” Among the papers discussed in the symposium was a paper sent by Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid.
Date of source: Thursday, August 7, 2003
The author continues refuting the arguments of people who believe that enforcing the Islamic Shari´a is not for the good of Islam nor for the good of people. Their first argument is that the Shari´a could not be enforced in Islamic countries where other religious groups live, because if the Shari´a...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 2003
The author comments on the hudood [limits imposed by God, and is usually used to refer to the punishments laid down in the Qur´an for specific crimes such as theft and adultery] of the Shari´a. He tries to answer the question of whether Egypt is close to their implementation or not.
Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2003
The author comments on the issue of female genital mutilation, arguing that it has nothing to do with religion. He also explains its scientific and psychological aspects, showing that it does not fulfill its claimed objective, which is keeping the chastity of girls.
Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2003
The author comments on an article by Ayda Al-Gohari titled “The phenomenon of Amr Khalid…the preacher of rich people who look for a meaning [in life].” He believes that the analysis of Ayda is dominated by a secular, Marxist point of view – which led her to concentrate on the effect of the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 26, 2003
Cairo Lions Club has organized a meeting in the honor of Sudanese politician Al-Sadeq Al-Mahdi under the title “Egyptian-Sudanese relations between history and future.” Dr. Milad Hanna who was asked to introduce Al-Mahdi to the participants surprised them by asking Al-Mahdi about how to correct the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2003
The author gives examples from many countries showing that violence is still practiced against women despite the many rights they have been granted.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2003 to Friday, May 30, 2003
It is yet to be proved that Al-Qa´ida is behind the recent attacks in Riyadh. However, US senior officials responsible for fighting terrorism believe that these attacks are undoubtedly indicating that Al-Qa´ida is back.
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2003
The author gives a historical background on Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Abdel-Wahab and how Wahabism was established in the Arabian Peninsula. He believes Wahabism is an Islamic reformation movement.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 11, 2003
One of the main objectives of Islamists is to apply the laws of the Islamic Shari´a. However, they never associate this objective with developing Muslims. The Shari´a and jihad are means not aims in themselves and any group of laws cannot alone change the society. Muslims are in a problem...
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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.