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Date of source: Thursday, February 28, 2002
Dr. Abdel Azeem Al-Mat’ani rejects the opinions Khalil Abdel Kareem as expressed in his book “Al-Nass Al-Mu’assis Wa Mujtama’u.” Abdel-Kareem believes that the Qur’an is an earthly made and not a heavenly revealed book and that its verses came up either to justify the mistakes of the Prophet and...
Date of source: Monday, September 29, 2003
Dr. Abdel-Azeem Al-Mata’ani has been behind most of the cases of accusing writers of kufr [unbelief]. The latest writer he accused of disbelief is Ahmed Al-Shahawi because of his book "Commandments on Loving Women." The author believes that because Al-Mata’ani was not paid the attention he always...
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2004
The Egyptian minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq denied reports in an independent Egyptian newspapers claiming the presence of American pressure on Egypt to limit the construction of mosques.
On another level, the Azhar strongly denied what an independent Egyptian...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2004
The annual report issued by US State Department has criticized
religious freedom in Egypt. The report accused Egypt of religious discrimination against Baha’is
and Copts concerning recruitment in the public sector and preventing Christians from joining the
Azhar University. Many Islamic scholars...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Muslim intellectual Dr. Abdel Azim Al-Mata’ani said the Azhar is playing a vital role in the confrontation against deviant thought that views itself as innovation, adding the Azhar is not entitled to confiscate any works of art.
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
Women have climbed the top of the political ladder in the Muslim world and occupied the posts of prime minister and judges, but so far the post of Muftī seems to be unattainable.
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2005
Many non-specialists have infiltrated the field of fatwas, especially by airing their opinions on satellite channels. Dr. ‘Alī Jumca, the Muftī of the Republic, warned against the spread of non-specialists in the field of the fatwa who have often appeared on the screens of satellite channels...
Date of source: Monday, December 10, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt affirmed that the Palestinians defence of themselves by any method is legal. Counselor Tareq Al-Bishri believed that the killing of the civilians is not wrong as a civilian is not related only to the uniform but is related to the attitude he adopts. Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin said...
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2001
Scholars in Egypt are divided between rejecting and supporting the fatwa issued by the European Council for Fatwa and Research. The fatwa allows non-Muslim women who converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. The Islamic Research Institute and the Egyptian Fatwa House...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001 to Friday, August 10, 2001
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the European Council for Fatwa and Researches, issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. The fatwa caused a great controversy and was refused by many Islamic scholars, who believe that as...
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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.