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Date of source: Friday, February 4, 2005
Islamic sharī’a [law] has always been closely related to ijtihād [independent judgment in legal or theological questions based on the interpretation and application of the four fundamentals of religion] in all Muslim societies. The moment ijtihād started to lose its flexibility, due to the scholars...
Date of source: Friday, January 28, 2005
Neither Qur’anic verses nor hadiths [traditions of the Prophet Muhammad] have stipulated the period of time required for repentance or the methods needed for a man to acquire the spirit of repentance. In fact, the whole matter goes back to how grave a threat the ridda (apostasy from Islam) poses on...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2005
Non-Muslims live in Muslim communities enjoying liberty; they keep their religion without being forced to hold another, and they share the duty of defending their nation. Then, what about the freedom of the Muslim himself? Could he change his religion, considering a tradition narrated by al-Bukhārī...
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2005
Dr. ‘Alī Jumca, Muftī of Egypt, allowed the cremating the bodies of the victims of the Tsunami that hit Asia, in order to prevent the spread of epidemics. This opinion raised arguments in Egypt and the Azhar.
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2005
During a Friday sermon, the speaker discussed the Tsunami and described it as the act of an angry God. He stated that God was punishing those who transgressed his bounds. Two days later, I saw the Islamic researcher, Dr. Zaghloul al-Najjār, in a live discussion on a satellite channel. He was...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
The social, religious and political changes in Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) era made some tribes and families convert to Islam while others retained their religions. Muslims are ordered to always be peaceful, unless they were attacked.
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2004
The author comments on the phenomenon of religious stickers on vehicles. The Christian “fish” vs. the Muslim “shark” has spiraled into a clash of symbols. The matter has become more than simply announcing a religious identity. It has become a matter with political and social connotations. This...
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2001 to Friday, January 4, 2002
Terrorism spread by fictitious thoughts. Bookshops and streets are full of books speaking about the torment in the grave. Extremists create imaginary stories to terrorize people and direct their attention away from work and production. Instead of concentrating on work, people keep thinking about...
Date of source: Sunday, December 23, 2001
The article gives the comments of the Mufti of Egypt and many other Muslim scholars and thinkers on the statement of the Sheikh of the Azhar concerning attacking Israeli civilians. Almost all of them are against the statement of the Sheikh of the Azhar.
Date of source: Friday, December 14, 2001
A seminar on the dialogue between the Islamic and the Western civilizations was held in Greece. In the seminar, Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi stressed that Islam was not guilty of what happened in September 11. Islam rejects terrorism and jihad has nothing to do with terrorism. Islam also is a religion...
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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.