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Date of source: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
In the aftermath of the Azhar militias’ incident, a pressing question was raised: What has education in the Azhar come to? This article attempts to answer this question.
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2007
The article denounces the Sunnah-Shī‘ah disputes. The author reminds the conflicting parties that the two ideologies derive from the same religion, Islām, which commands them to be united.
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2007
Ahmad Amīn ‘Arafātslams some satellite channels for inviting unqualified Muslim clerics who issue online Fatwás without having considerable knowledge of Islām. Citing Dr. Rashād Khalīl, the former dean of the Faculty of Sharī‘ah and Law, as an example, ‘Arafāt indicated that Dr. Khalīl issued a...
Date of source: Friday, January 5, 2007
Islamic scholars support a suggestion to issue licenses for issuing religious Fatwás.
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2006
Scholars have rejected calls to amend the second article of the constitution which stipulates that the principles of Sharī‘ah are the mainstay of Egyptian legislation as they believe it would transform Egypt into a secular state.
Date of source:
Azhar
scholars rejected
Prof. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi’s Fatwá that allows a couple not able to bear children to
implant their zygote in the
womb of another woman. They announced him a deviant from true Islām. Bayoumi
said he is ready to turn from this
fatwa if any medical discovery proved that...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Ākhir Sācah published a heated discussion about the alleged obligation of Muslim women to wear the Niqāb.
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2006
The author discusses arguments
about wearing jilbāb and a
long beard, with Muslim scholars stating that these are not a religious
duty.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Ākhir Sā‘ah interviews Dr.
Talāl ‘Īd,
the director of the Religious Affairs Islamic Institute of Boston, about the
situation of Muslim communities
in the United States.
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
The author of the article, Arwá Hasan, discusses the different reactions to the proposal put forward by the National Council on Human Rights concerning the removal of religious data from official documents such as identity cards.
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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.