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Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2001
Khalil Abdel-Karim’s book "The formation period in the life of Mohammed" is still causing controversy. The book claims that Islam is only a repetition of what Mohammed learned from earlier religions and Jewish books. The author argues that this is not the case and says he hopes nobody calls Abdel-...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
The author is of the opinion that some scientific facts could be diminished by popular ideas disguised by religion one time, and ethics or politics at other times. The ex-President of Cairo University and ex-Minister of Health, testified before the Islamic Research Institute that it was very...
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2001
The separation of a husband and wife as a result of one of them leaving Islam is not directly based on the Qur’an or Mohammed’s tradition, but rather on jurisprudence conclusion that since the apostate is no longer a Muslim, and since a Muslim female cannot marry a non-Muslim male, they are to be...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Pope Shenouda stressed that he had good relationships with the political leadership in Egypt. He advised emigrant Copts to work for keeping the reputation of Egypt, explaining that the Christian leadership there has the ability to understand the situation in Egypt more than any other outside group.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Professor Abdel-Sabour Shahin and Dr. Omar Abdel-Kafi explained everybody in Heaven will be thirty-three years old, the age of Christ when he ascended to Heaven [according to the Muslim version of the story]. They will also be as big as Adam, as good-looking as Joseph, and as well spoken as...
Date of source: Friday, February 9, 2001
The author believes that faith cannot be the product of compulsion. It is unimaginable that any heavenly religion, Judaism, Christianity or Islam, can be founded on compulsion to join it. These three religions accepted and approved the religions that came before them: Judaism tells stories of the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2000
Religious extremists started campaigning against Rose Al-Youssef because it published a series of taped interviews with them which unleashed their thoughts, methods and goals. Yasser Al-Serri felt cornered after the magazine revealed the unimportance of his role, and how flat his ideas are. Sheikh...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2000
The author claims many Hadiths, the written record of saying attributed to the Prophet Mohammed, in fact cannot be traced to the Prophet and Muslims today must filter them, select those that are most authentic and beneficial.
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2000
From the very beginning, Egypt was never far from Islam. It was not a surprise to Egypt when Muslim armies were marching into it. There was not a single Muslim, during and after the Prophet’s life, who was not certain that Egypt would be opened up by Muslims...
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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.