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Date of source: Thursday, September 21, 2006
A recent fatwá by prominent Muslim intellectual Jamāl al-Bannā, stating that smoking does not spoil fasting has sparked massive controversy amongst Muslim scholars and clerics who described the fatwá as "totally irresponsible" and contrary to the teaching of Islam.
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 1997
Subtitle: 1- The leader of the organization says, "When Dr. Yehia Ismael said that Hanafy was an apostate, we decided to kill him" 2- The one who was supposed to carry out the operation says, "The plan was to kill him with penknives. I have trained on how to do this in Nozha" 3- An official...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 1, 1997
Subtitles:1- Dr. Tantawy: She who drew this nasty picture deserves death. The Mufti demands the Israeli government and men of religion declare their position from concerning this immoral action.2- Men of religion: "This is a declaration of war against Islam".3- Arabic newspapers: "It is the most...
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
The fifth anniversary of 9/11 was a strong reminder of the continued war declared by Islamism against the world, and especially the “infidel West.” This article approaches some of the many questions that that have been raised by the war.
Date of source: Friday, September 8, 2006
Prominent Azhar scholars express their views about forcing young girls to wear the khimār.
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
Hishām Qāsim,
member of the board of advisors for the Arab-West Report and one of the founding
members of the Center for
Arab-West Understanding (CAWU), was chosen for the post of counselor for the World
Association of Newspapers
(WAN).
Date of source: Saturday, August 12, 2006 to Friday, August 18, 2006
Tāriq
Mustafá presents various opinions over allegedly
false hadīths about the torture of women in hell
sent to Muslims living abroad.
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2006 to Friday, August 11, 2006
A fatwá war has begun since the Israeli conflict with Lebanon started. The
author describes and analyzes different fatwás issued on the matter and prominent persons’ responses to
them.
Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2006
Two Muslims face charges of contempt of religion for promoting offensive ideas about
Islam.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The dialogue between civilizations requires that all parties be aware of its
importance. There should be respect
for the other and tolerance of differences.
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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.