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Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Shakūr believes that since the establishment of the Azhar, it has showed loyalty to rulers and issues Fatwás that support their policies. That is, until Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, who doesn't like to show up unless absolutely necessary, became the grand Imām.
According to the author, the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 2010
Hudá al-Misrī writes about the cancellation of many satellite channels on the Egyptian NileSat service. She says that many others have been warned for religious violations. These instances prove the necessity of encouraging tolerance in religion.
The article claims that many of these channels...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Sahar Al-Ja'ārah writes about a Fatwá made by Shaykh Mahmūd ‘Āmir, President of Ansār al-Sunnah al-Muhammadiyyah group at Damanhūr, which calls for the slaying of Muhammad al-Barād‘ī, former president of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for civil disobedience and incitement to disobey...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah will soon launch a new Urdu-language website in 2011 that plans to reach out to the approximately 200 million East Asian Muslims who speak the language.
"The purpose of this website is to deliver the Islamic message without being excessive and overbearing. Part of it is...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Dr. Muhammad Sa‘d al-Katātnī, member of the Muslim Brotherhood guidance office, said that the Brotherhood rejects the idea of a "shadow" parliament that replaces the current parliament.
He explains that it is the right of any group of citizens to form an entity that reflects their opinion, but not...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Nādīn al-Badīr writes about her recent experience at Friday prayers when she wanted to go to the mosque to pray and become unified with God.
She remembered that she is banned from going anytime because as she gets there she has to go directly to the women's section to hear a decades-old sermon that...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
‘Ādil Darwīsh, Parliament Analyst at the British newspaper Daily Mail, says that many of foreigners followed November's parliamentary elections in Egypt.
He added that the Muslim Brotherhood were the ones who banned themselves and provided the opportunity to be outlawed by going to court and saying...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Ghazūlī begins by saying that worldwide, the separation of religion from politics and church from state is currently under pressure.
"Today, strong currents...in the West are mixing religion and politics and giving the church a growing role in public affairs; so are we to do the same?" the writer...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Regarding the khilāfah, (the system of governing of Muslims by a Caliph) ‘Abd al-Majīd says that "the Islamic nation from the days of the caliphates of the Prophet's companions to the Ottoman Caliphs constituted a religious state in which religion and politics were combined."
"That is what prompts...
Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
An unknown Salafī shaykh has issued a fatwá allowing the shedding of the blood of Muhammad al-Barād‘ī, former Director of the International Atomic Energy Commission.
State-supported newspapers had resumed their attacks on al-Barād‘ī when he returned to Cairo two weeks ago, focusing on his links to...
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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.