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Date of source: Friday, November 7, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, the Minister of Endowments. He comments on the issues of renewing the Islamic religious discourse, Islamic preaching and attacking Islam. He believes that renewing the Islamic religious discourse does not mean touching upon the pillars of...
14. Martyrdom operations contradict with Islam, the Grand Imam of the Azhar states to the Israeli TV
Date of source: Tuesday, November 11, 2003
The article reports about the statements the Grand Imam of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi made to Israeli TV in which he announced that martyrdom operations are haram [unlawful] and that the one who carries them out is committing suicide. The Grand Mufti, along with 38 other Muslim scholars...
Date of source: Monday, November 10, 2003
The Grand Imam of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi told Israeli TV that martyrdom operations are haram [unlawful] and that the one who carries them out is committing suicide. The Grand Mufti, along with other 38 Muslim scholars, released a statement to prove the opposite of what the Grand Imam...
Date of source: Friday, November 7, 2003
The article is an overview of a French book titled “Bonaparte Et Mahomet” [Bonaparte and Muhammad] by Ahmed Youssef from the Ahram Bureau in Paris. The book starts with a question: If Bonaparte expressed some admiration of Islam to deceive Azhar sheikhs [so as to win their support], why he did not...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 5, 2003
The article is about the reaction of Ahmed Al-Shahawi, author of the book titled “Wasaya fi Eshq Al-Nisaa” [commandments in women´s love], to the Azhar´s decision to ban his book on grounds that it contradicts with the principles of the Sharia. Al-Shahawi attacked the decision fiercely...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 5, 2003
The head of the Egyptian Book Organization Samir Sarhan rejected a recommendation by the Azhar to confiscate the book of “Wasaya fi Eshq Al-Nisaa” [commandments in women’s love] by Al-Shahawi published by his organization. Sarhan pointed out that the book carries no offense against religion.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
The author mentions the consequences of the publication of his previous article about a man called Habeel who claimed himself the pope of a new Christian denomination. The signs carrying the names of his NGO, church and patriarchy were removed from the front of flat he used as a headquarters.
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2003
The article is an interview with Amr Khaled. He speaks about his life before becoming a preacher. He comments on the criticism leveled against him as one of the modern Islamic preachers and gives his opinions concerning different religious issues.
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2003
Al-Ahram Al-Arabi devoted a special file of eight articles to the Azhar, as the biggest religious institution in the Islamic world. The file is a comparison between the status of the Azhar in the past and today. In the past, the Azhar played a great role in many fields, religious and national....
Date of source: Monday, November 3, 2003
The Azhar delivered a strong strike to the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Book Organization affiliated to it. A few days after the Ministry and the organization gave credit to the book of the poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi titled “Wasaya fi Eshq Al-Nisaa” [Commandments on Loving Women], the Islamic...
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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.