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Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Recent years have witnessed a series contradictions in our performance of religious rituals and our morals and behaviors. There are double standards, even among individuals.
You may find many people who are, in appearance, religious; they go to mosques frequently, they pray, they wear hijāb, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Mūsá 'Uthmān, Professor at the Azhar University, issued a fatwá tukafir (Reviewer's Note: plural of takfīr which means accusing others of being nonbelievers) against all Jamā'āt Islmīyah members. Foremost of these were its members who were involved in the assassination of President al-...
Date of source: Monday, September 10, 2012
Dār al-Iftā' (Ifta House) denounced expatriate Copts calls to produce a movie offending Prophet Muhammad. The statement added that these acts do not represent Egyptian Christians who states, more than one, their respect to religious symbols.
These acts only aim of flaming fitnah in the nation.
Dr...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
A quarrel erupted on August 22 between Islamists and leftists following Dr. ‘Isām ‘Iryān’s attack on the latter. ‘Iryān, acting leader of the Freedom and Justice Party, accused leftists of receiving foreign funds and acting superior towards the people. (Ahmad ‘Alām, al-Misrī al-Yawm, August 23, p...
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2012
Al-Amr bil-Maarouf wal-Nahy an al-Munkar (AMNM), literally Commanding Virtue and Banning Vice, is the vice police Egyptians used to hear of in the more conservative Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia. Dressed in Islamic garb, its members roam the streets to check passers-by are adhering to the...
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2012
Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahallāwī, an Islamic preacher who was in prison during late President Anwar al-Sādāt's time, lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and accused her of driving a wedge between Muslims and Copts. He made the remarks after Clinton’s statements that the United States...
Date of source: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Clashes erupted Wednesday (August 1, 2012) between Muslims and Christians in the village of Dahshūr, al-Badrashīn, Giza governorate, after a Muslim was killed by a Christian makwagī (a man ironing clothes in a shop in Egypt for a living) two weeks ago (July 26, 2012).Mu’āz Muhammad breathed his...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Mu’āz Muhammad breathed his last breath affected by his wounds after a dispute broke out between a Coptic ironing man and a Muslim client in which Mu’āz was hit by a Molotov Cocktail passing by the area coincidently. [Ahmad ‘Abdullah and Muhammad al-Bahrāwī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, August 1, p. 3] Read...
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2012
I participated this week in a meeting to which I was invited by friend novelist Dr. 'Azzah Kāmil, Director of Appropriate Communication Techniques for Development Organization [ACT]. The meeting’s title was “Towards Effective Strategies for Combating Violence and Trafficking of Women and Girls”. Dr...
Date of source: Thursday, July 19, 2012
I think we all agree that the Salafist groups have been the main supportive of the Muslim Brotherhood and the Freedom and Justice Party since February 12, 2011 till present. This was clearly evident during the referendum on constitutional amendments, in the elections of the People’s Assembly and...
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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.