Displaying 31 - 40 of 51.
Date of source:
A group of American neo-conservatives and controversial Muslim and ex-Muslim figures from the Arab world hold a conference in Florida aimed at secularizing Islām.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
The Egyptian government freezes the assets of 29 leading members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The tireless Brotherhood nevertheless plots to infiltrate the Shūrá Council to submit a candidate to run for president.
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2007
The declaration to establish the Muslim Brotherhood party has triggered a big reaction in the media. Some consider the move to be a political maneuver, due to the dilemma the Brotherhood passed through after students connected to it held a parade at the Azhar University. Others saw it as a step...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Hilmī al-Nimnim answers
October’s rumor
about the Azhar preventing a book from being published.
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
The writer is discussing the debate about suggestions for reforming religious curricula for secondary schools, because these curricula are said to repeat, word by word, phrases from the books of the executed ex-leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sayyid Qutb.
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2006
This review, in the context of ramifications from the culture minister’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb, discusses various opinions on whether the Ḥijāb is a religious obligation and how such controversial discussions should be tackled by society, religious and political bodies...
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Dr. Husām ‘Afānah, a professor of the fundamentals of fiqh, responds to a question about whether a female student is religiously permitted to remove her Ḥijāb to abide by the regulations of her school.
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
For the third week, Pope Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam and
the Prophet
Muhammad have made headlines in Egyptian national and independent newspapers. A number of Muslim
intellectuals devoted their columns to refute claims about the spread of Islam by the sword. Some Muslim
scholars...
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The Muftī speaks in this interview
about the death penalty, which, he said, should
still be in effect to guarantee that the society will not be
overwhelmed with vice. He criticizes countries that
have legalized prostitution, narcotics and abortion.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Following a
series
of controversial statements that aroused the anger of many Egyptians, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood,
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, was recently quoted as allegedly inciting the murder
of Arab leaders
during an interview with a national newspaper.
Pages
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.