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Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
A recent fatwa by the muftī of Egypt, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a, allowing Muslims to sell liquor to non-Muslims in non-Muslim countries, has stirred up wide controversy among Egyptian Muslim scholars.
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2005
The Danish prime minister had declined to receive 19 ambassadors from Arab and Muslim countries even though he received a Somali-born woman [‘Alī Hirsi ‘Alī] who wrote the script for a controversial documentary called ’Submission’ directed by Dutch Theo van Gogh. The newspapers also suggest that...
Date of source: Sunday, December 4, 2005
Tarek Heggy details the various ways in which the Copts are oppressed and argues that if the matter is not dealt with in Egypt, it will be discussed abroad.
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2005
This is a translation of an article about the work of the Center for Arab-West Understanding from the Dutch daily newspaper Trouw.
Editor AWR: This article is very sharp. Senior editor Eildert Mulder has used formulations that Hulsman would never have used, but this is related to Mulder’s own...
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Throughout its long history, the major religious institution in Egypt, the Azhar, has been known for its neutral moderate stance on the different issues on the Egyptian political domain. In recent years, however, Azhar scholars have increasingly featured on the political scene.
Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
A Coptic intellectual proposes the abolition of religious education in all Egyptian schools. A Muslim intellectual rejects the idea.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005
The article discusses the phenomenon of business in the name of Islam and cites prominent Muslim scholar, Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim’s theological arguments on the matter.
Date of source: Thursday, November 10, 2005
An investigation, carried out with help of AWR editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman, into the events surrounding the riots in Alexandria on Friday, October 21, 2005.
Date of source: Thursday, November 3, 2005
Muhammad Abu Laylah, Professor of Islamic Studies in English and Head of the English Department at the Azhar University recommends AWR.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Efforts to obtain NGO status.
Media attention for AWR work.
Israeli organizations publishing about radical Arab and Islamic websites.
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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.