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Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 1999
Interview with sheikh Dr. Sayyed Tantawi on housing loans. In previous articles words were put in his mouth which were not true. The sheikh approves of these loans if buying that house is a necessity for his family. Loans for other purposes, such as purchasing luxuries or making financial gain are...
Date of source: Thursday, October 21, 1999
The United States made beyond doubt a strange effort to intervene in the internal affairs of other countries, especially countries of the third world and the Islamic world in particular when it issued last month its report on religious freedom in the world in the frame of the religious freedom law...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 19, 1999
Her Royal Highness Princess Basma spoke about discrimination against women at a conference where studies were presented about the rights, privileges and freedoms guaranteed to Muslim women in the Sharia.
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 1999
After being booted out of Al Azhar Medical College 11 years ago due to undergoing a sex change operation, Sally Mohammed Abdallah might be returning to classes there despite the prestigious university’s condemnation of her operation.
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 1999
While Egyptian women can be ministers, lawyers, doctors, and hold many other prestigious jobs, they are still shut out of the upper levels of the religious hierarchy. Now one female religious scholar wants to become a mufti which is a high level cleric charged with giving out religious opinions on...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 20, 1999
An article about a new weekly publication, Al-Shorouq: Sawt Al-Azhar (Sunrise: the Voice of Al-Azhar), an Islamic newspaper which deals with life and religious affairs moderately, without extremism. The newspaper is the brainchild of Sheikh Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar and...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 1999
Many Islamic scholars question the value of artistic films. Many of them reject the representation of a sheikhh or ma’azun [marriage official] on the screen. Others, however, want to use the film as a means to spread Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, September 5, 1999
The author quotes extensively from imam al-Baqouri who was known for his positive attitudes towards Christians.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Apparently, according to this article, British and French researches into the reasons Arabs were so powerful in the past have concluded that learning the Qur’an by heart has been the key to their strength. The author contends that foreign language-medium schools set up in Arab countries are a...
Date of source: Friday, August 27, 1999
Islamist sheikh Gamal Qutb condemned Naguib Mahfouz and Nasr Abu Zeid and declared their thoughts contradictory to Islam. He criticized the use of their books in universities. Sheikh Qutb anticipated that Islam will predominate in America and Europe soon.
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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.