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Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Some hidden parties, in Egypt, are trying to substitute the role of the religious institutions, like Azhar and the Ministry of Religious Affairs, in the call to religion missions. Thus leaving the path open to the non qualified charlatans, to assume such a vital responsibility, abusing the need of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Rose el-Youssef wants a debate with Abdel Kafi and El-Ada’iya and claims they cannot support their arguments with documentary evidence. Rose el-Youssef also claims their campaign has strong support from religious people, newspapers and public opinion. They also claim that their aim "is to protect...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
After loosing their credibility, due to major irregularities in their behavior, Islamic extremist groups launched a new strategy, especially after the cessation of foreign aid. They now started to target high-class women and youth, as they are weak [in faith] but able to finance the new Do’a [...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
As there was no alternative, people went to the alleged Da’iya sessions. Some of them had great difficulty in consulting the right people of the Azhar over their religious concerns, because these sheikhs from the Azhar set the religion behind the stars as if they were trying to avoid problems.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The Egyptian television’s way of dealing with the problem of the Do’a [preachers] was a miracle, because the 50-year-old phenomena starting to be addressed through such a huge medium. Those Do’a are superficial, they concentrate on appearance only. They are only looking for money, fame and power,...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The institution of the Azhar recently became an objective for the hypocrites who just want preacher’s seats without being qualified to assume the responsibilities. Therefore, the Do’a should be well prepared to teach religion and ready to carry out their responsibilities.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The Do’a [preachers] phenomenon started to appear due to the economic depression and the disappearance of the family role which paved the way for the participation of young people in the suspected sessions of the Do’a, and receive non-objective teaching, which is full of ugly extremist thoughts in...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
Those who carry out Da’awa [missions], without relevant permission are like men carrying rapid fire guns and shooting [fatwas] everywhere, banning and permitting many things, and hitting the internal peace of the people. Giving them a license is more serious than giving a license for firearms.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
Despite the unsatisfactory level of female graduates from religious institutes, the Ministry of Religious Affairs has given them legitimacy, as they can get a license to teach Islam and practice the Da’awa once the security authorities give their approval. These female graduates became accepted as...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 18, 2000
Currently, the preparations are taking place in the Azhar for the Conference on "The role of religious education in supporting spiritual beliefs". This conference goes beyond the dialogue between religions being run through the co-operation of the Azhar University with Saint Thomas University in...
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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.