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Date of source: Saturday, February 5, 2005
A member of the Islamic Research Institute submitted a memorandum to the Follow-Up Committee – which is affiliated with the Institute – concerning a program broadcasted on Cairo Radio in which the host invited a singer who called for composing music for the verses of the Qur’ān.
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2005
In an interview with al-Maydān, the controversial Nawāl al-Sacdāwī reiterated some of her previously known views on polygamy, circumcision, as well as her plans to run for the Egyptian presidency.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 26, 2001
The Administrative Court annulled the decision of the Azhar University to differentiate between male and female students concerning the admission to top faculties. The court also annulled the decision to accept male students in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Pharmacy with lesser grades...
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2001 to Friday, January 4, 2002
Terrorism spread by fictitious thoughts. Bookshops and streets are full of books speaking about the torment in the grave. Extremists create imaginary stories to terrorize people and direct their attention away from work and production. Instead of concentrating on work, people keep thinking about...
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2001
Sheikh Yahia Ismail was dismissed from the ’Usul Ed-din [fundamentals of religion] Faculty, at the Azhar University. He had objected before to the Sheikh of the Azhar receiving the Israeli ambassador to Cairo - which the Grand Imam considered an insult directed against him.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 4, 2001
Some Islamic scholars believe the Arabic language to be the language of the people of paradise. They support this opinion by one of the Prophet’s hadiths, which is note proved to be a true hadith.
Date of source: Saturday, December 8, 2001 to Friday, December 14, 2001
Some people are trying to promote some products and magazines by offering religious CDs and cassette albums containing recordings of Qur’anic recitals by two unknown sheikhs. The former dean of the Arabic Language Faculty at the Azhar University said that there was nothing wrong about these CDs and...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Response to two reports of the Middle East Media Research Institute [MEMRI] about Jihad during Ramadan and plans of a prominent Egyptian actor to produce a series for TV based on the notoriously anti-Semitic "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2001
Ahmed Abdel-Rahman, who is supposed to be a leader in Al-Qa’eda organization and the son of the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Gama’at Al-Islamiya, was detained in Kabul. His family asked for his acquittal, claiming that he had no relation with Al-Qa’eda organization.
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2001
According to Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, there are three kinds of kufr [unbelief]. There is atheism [elhad], which is a total denial of the existence of the Almighty God. There is polytheism [shirk], which means believing in more than one god. The third kind is the denial of Islam and the message...
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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.