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Date of source: Saturday, December 2, 2000 to Friday, December 8, 2000
Some extremists attacked Sheikh Abdel Hamed Bekhit, teaching at the Faculty of Religious Fundamentals [Usul el-Din], because he issued a fatwa that allows students who have troubles in concentrating on their exams because of the fasting to break their fast. The fatwa was strongly opposed by...
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2000
Although the Islamic sites on the international web are supervised by councils of sheikhs and by the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, some of those who attack Islam, were able to penetrate the site of the Azhar and show an invented Qur’an. The site contains four pages. Each of which is an...
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2000
Conversion to Christianity within refugee camps is one of the difficulties that Moslems face. Statistics show that there are approximately 23 million Moslem refugees who have to put up with material and moral pressure. Some have actually converted from Islam, while others face missionary sessions...
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2000
The issue of the business of fatwas resulted in a major disagreement between the Mufti and Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi, dean of the ’Usul el-Din Faculty [roughly translated as Islamic Theology] at the Azhar University. The different reactions towards the project led to its suspension.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2000
The Sheikh of Al-Azhar is seen to dampen the zeal of those calling for tough action against Israel while the Mufti is described as being the exact opposite of the Sheikh.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 3, 2000
The dean of the Faculty of Usul Al-Din [Usul Al-Din College forming part of the Azhar University in Egypt. Literally means ’fundamentals of religion’, which is a mixture of theology and philosophy.] has issued a Fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar, or a Mufti] in Cairo permitting the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 12, 2000
In this article, the author asks many questions and listed many opinions regarding the case of sheikha Manal, who claimed to be a Sufi leader and a prophetess. He raised also asked who could protect female intellectuals from religious mania.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
In its previous issue, Al-Midan warned that there are private offices which started entering the Fatwa business [a religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or a Mufti] and assuring others that their Fatwas are recognized by the official agencies. It is evident now that the Azhar’s negligence...
Date of source: Friday, September 1, 2000
Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi affirmed that borrowing from banks with interest and taking interest on deposits are both Halal. The conditions which must be met are that it should benefited the individual and the nation, the individual should be ignorant of matters relating to investing his own money or...
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2000
The inter-religious dialogue, which was agreed upon during the visit of His Holiness Pope John Paul II to Egypt last February, has been postponed, awaiting the reply of the Vatican to a memo from Al Azhar. The memo asked the pope to apologize about the crusader wars, exactly as he did regarding...
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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.