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Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2002
Christian reporter Nagy George, critical of US Coptic activists, passed away.
Report on a visit to the monasteries of al-Muharraq, al-Qussia and Assiut.
Description of the conversations on difficulties around expanding the Monastery and Muslim-Christian relations in the area with Bishop Thomas of...
Date of source: Saturday, November 23, 2002
Supporters of the preacher Amr Khaled began a campaign to convince Egyptian authorities to reduce the restriction imposed on the activities of Khaled and to repeal its decision prohibiting him from preaching in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, March 16, 2002
Many Azhar professors said that shaking hands between women and men is not haram as long as the people involved in the handshake do not have bad intentions of lust or desire. Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi criticized the way Sheikh Atiya Saqr follows in interpreting hadiths. He said that Sheikh Saqr...
Date of source: Saturday, March 9, 2002
Sheikh Attiya Saqr issued a fatwa to the effect that shaking hands between men and women is haram [religiously forbidden], as men touches the hands of women with the aim of satisfying their desires. Some Azhar professors and Islamic thinkers believed the fatwa to be strange and extremist.
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2002
The year report of 2001 including an overview of the special reports written for the RNSAW. The year 2001 was marked by a strong increase in the number of special reports, providing readers with information that is not available elsewhere.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2002
The general secretary of the Islamic Research Institution demanded the confiscation of many books, claiming that they imply apostasy and unbelief. One of these books is Khalil Abdel-Kareem’s “Al-Nass Al-Mu’assis Wa Mujtama’u” [The Principle Text and its Context] which was harshly criticized in Al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2002
Gamal Al-Banna is the brother of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. However close he got to the Brotherhood, he did not integrate into their group. He tried to establish a new Islamic strategy that is fit for the 21st century. He claimed that his call for Islamic revival does not evolve in the...
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2002
Voices accusing Wahhabism -the legitimate basis of the Saudi political regime - of being the main source of terrorism increased within US circles. In an attempt to alleviate the pressures of the American media, the Saudi Minister of the Interior accused the Muslim Brotherhood of being the source of...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2005
A one-of-a-kind mosque opened its doors last week in Amsterdam. The mosque is for women only and is considered the first of its kind in the entire history of Islam.
Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2003
The Deputy of the Azhar comments on the ruling of the Administrative Court that canceled the decision of the Azhar concerning banning a three-part religious book by Said Muhammad Hassan. He says that Islamic Research Institute does not violate the freedom of thought as long as it does not...
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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.