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Date of source: Tuesday, December 4, 2001
Some Islamic scholars believe the Arabic language to be the language of the people of paradise. They support this opinion by one of the Prophet’s hadiths, which is note proved to be a true hadith.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Response to two reports of the Middle East Media Research Institute [MEMRI] about Jihad during Ramadan and plans of a prominent Egyptian actor to produce a series for TV based on the notoriously anti-Semitic "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2001
The basis of the Qur’anic discourse is that any religious ruling or opinion should be accompanied with evidences. A language should be used that attracts people and does not offend unbelievers. This is the basis for the comment on a fatwa issued by the Permanent Committee for Scientific Researches...
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2001
Dr. Christiaan van Nispen s.j., professor in Islam and philosophy at the Catholic seminary in Maadi, Cairo, and a member of the Editorial Board of the RNSAW, concludes with the impression that the US Copts Association practice exactly what they accuse those Muslim intellectuals to do, that is to...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
The November 23 article of Al-Musawwar, "Is the West still Dar Kufr," resulted four days later (November 28) in a campaign by the US Copts Association against the use of the word kuffar for Christians. The association claims that calling someone a ’kafir’ [’kafir’ is the singular of ’kufar’] is a...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, member of our Board of Advisors, is no longer dean of the Faculty of Islamic Theology (’Usul el-Din) at the Azhar. He was dean from 1989 to 1991 and from 1997 to 2001. The two periods are a total of six years which is the maximum someone can be the dean of this college. Dr...
Date of source: Saturday, September 1, 2001 to Friday, September 7, 2001
A national newspaper published an advertisement to the effect that different religious questions could be answered by Sheikh Khalid Al-Gindi and a group of the Azhar sheikhs over the Islamic telephone line. It seems that Sheikh Khalid Al-Gindi was chosen to replace Amr Khalid through the Islamic...
Date of source: Friday, August 24, 2001
Ibn Al-Qayyim listed ten opinions regarding whether non-Muslim women are to stay with their husbands after converting to Islam. Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi preferred the sixth of ten opinions on this matter. Al-Qaradawi added to the sixth opinion that full marriage, including sexual intercourse, is...
Date of source: Thursday, July 26, 2001
Ra’afat Al-Mehi’s film script "Hurghada...the Magic of Love" which deals with the issue of mixed marriages between Muslim men and Christian women is painful for Christians, not only because Christians oppose such mixed marriages but also because the location for Al-Mehi’s script is in Hurghada...
2. Controversial fatwa of mufti prohibiting phone-based competitions results in outpour of responses
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2001
The article gives a list of the articles published in relation to the controversy resulting from the Mufti’s fatwa prohibiting competitions like "who is going to be a millionaire" on the basis that paying money for entering the competition is a form of gambling.
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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.