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Date of source: Friday, April 14, 2006
Several Muslim scholars agree on that Muslim women are not allowed to marry non-Muslim men, despite Sudanese leader Hasan al-Turābī’s controversial statements allowing Muslim women to marry Jewish or Christian men.
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2006
Amid growing anger in the Muslim world over the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, views have differed on whether it is the right time for Muslims to enter into dialogue with Denmark on freedom of expression and respect for religions. This press review highlights the opinions of two...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
This press review tackles the Sunni-Shiite clashes in Iraq, the Egyptian initiative forwarded by top Sunni Muslim scholars in Egypt to bring an end to the violence, and the exchanged assaults on the shrines of both sides.
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2004
Fatwa-making is a very serious task at the time religion has such an uncompetitive influence on human beings. Recently, Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi was harshly criticized for fawas that was incorrectly attributed to him. In the coming interview, Sheikh Al-Qaradawi answers questions about the fiqh [...
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 2004
Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi expressed his appreciation and all Muslims’ appreciation of the Azhar as the greatest Islamic reference. In an exclusive statement to Al-Liwaa Al-Islami, Al-Qaradawi denied that the World Union of Muslims Scholars whose creation was announced last month in London would...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2004
The fatwa issued by Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi, head of the Union of Muslim Scholars, regarding the duty of killing and kidnapping American civilians in Iraq – considering them to be invaders – caused strong disagreement among the Azharite scholars, each with his own evidence based on Islamic law.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 4, 2004
Could the Union of Muslim Scholars recently established in Ireland be the solution to the conflict of fatwas in the Islamic world? What are the conditions, under which this union was born, and what does its charter say, and who funds it?
These questions are answered by Dr. Muhammad Selim Al-Awa,...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2004
The Islamic da’ya [a person who calls to Islam, a preacher] Youssef Al-Qaradawi is one of the icons of moderate Islamic thought and that is why he was chosen as head of the International League of Muslim Scholars as well as the European Council for Fatwas and Research. In this interview, Sheikh...
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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.