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Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
When the Prophet created the first Islamic state, he was cautious to set up civil structures with a religious core for this state. The authority of the Prophet was a civil authority with civil institutions. So, the government of the Prophet was a civil government that protected the right of any...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
This report presents the interviews with nineteen people, 18 Egyptians and one American researcher about the importance of the work of Arab-West Report, people of different backgrounds, Muslims and Christians, clergy and non-clergy, including scholars and human rights lawyers. Christian...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2004
Of the types of authority present in the Islamic state, the one which most demonstrates the civil aspect is the executive authority. This was seen in the government of the Prophet and the Orthodox caliphs after him. The eras of the Prophet and the Orthodox caliphs are the true examples for the...
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: Friday, August 13, 2004
The second principle of the civil state in Islam is the separation of religious matters from worldly matters. The Prophet Muhammad was the first to enact such a separation within an Islamic framework.
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2004
The visit of the American Commission on Religious Freedom to Egypt is this time done under the pretext of investigating the conditions of Baha’is, Jehovah Witnesses and the banned group of the Muslim Brotherhood. The American Commission claims that these groups are persecuted. Remarkably strange,...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2005
The Ministry of Social Affairs is considering accepting the first Arab organization to defend Islam and attempt to understand and communicate with the other. It is called “The Center for Arab West Understanding.” It is established by a wide array of Muslim and Coptic thinkers and some Western...
Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2002
The author believes that the recommendation of the Creed and Philosophy Committee in the Islamic Research Institute that the apostate is to be given a lifetime chance to renounce his apostate ideas is not a renewal in the Islamic fiqh. The recommendation has been made only because of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 8, 2002
Muslims are upset because of the way Islam is reported in the West.
Announcement of a review criticizing MEMRI that RNSAW will use for reporting in the next issue.
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2002
[The article of Muhammad Shebl in October, September 15, resulted in an article in the Dutch Daily Trouw] While Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Dutch political scientist of Somali origin, received death threats because of her untraditional convictions about Islam, Egyptians discuss freedom of religion. This is...
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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.