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Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2008
The chaos of fatwás being issued against those accused of takfīr has risen again. The following article discusses the impact that these fatwás have on the image of Islam, and on social cohesion.
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2008
The article reports on the reprint of an offensive caricature of the Prophet Muhammad by many Danish and European newspapers that was made just one day after a plot to murder of its cartoonist was foiled.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Hānī Labīb praises the Azhar University’s decision to allow students to participate in student activities during the mid-year school holiday.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The controversial statements of the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams sparked contradictory reactions. While Western and Christian observers attacked him, Muslim thinkers and intellectuals hailed him as a wise just clergyman. The Egyptian media reacted more to the angry reactions than to the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2008
Mahmūd al-Imāmī presents the opinions of Muslim Azhar scholars and university professors about the issue of missionary activities in an Islamic state such as Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled last weekend in favor of 15 Christians who had converted to Islam and later reverted to their original Christianity and were officially accepted in the Church, and wished to claim their legal rights as Christians. While Christian public and human and...
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
In the wake of a heinous attack by supporters of a basketball team setting a supporter of an opponent team on fire after the end of a game, the author, Amal Ibrāhīm Sa‘d, discusses the phenomenon of fanaticism spread in all walks of life in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
A documentary entitled, ‘The State of Malta’s Knights’ broadcast on Al-Jazeerah News satellite channel uncovered an Italian Christian organization that is intellectually affiliated to the Knights Templar and suspected of being tied to the CIA and involved in the current war in Iraq.
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
The article looks at recent incidents of fundamentalism in Egypt, citing the examples of a university course at Alexandria University and an Islamic thinker who has accused priests of secretly baptising converts.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Tāriq Abū al-‘Aynayn responds to an article published in al-Hayāt on January 3, 2008, authored by the Egyptian researcher ‘Amr Hamzāwī, entitled, ‘Transformation in state-society relations in Egypt, whereto?’
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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.