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Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2006
Al-Fatāh reports on a lecturer at Cairo University who approves of breaking away from parts of traditional Egyptian culture, and who wants more creativity to be permitted in contemporary works, implying that for these reasons, the lecturer was not promoted.
Date of source: Thursday, November 20, 2003
The article is a response to an article by Abdu Mubashir published in Al-Ahram on November 2, 2003. In his article Mubashir attacked the veil under the pretext that it triggers the West and causes hostility against Islam and Muslims. The article mentions the opinions of a number of Muslim scholars...
Date of source: Sunday, November 2, 2003
The article reports on a seminar held in the Nasserist Party last week, which invited as its main speaker Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin, a prominent Muslim preacher. Shahin attacked secularism and its advocates and warned against US intervention in the issue of renewing the Islamic religious discourse....
Date of source: Tuesday, September 30, 2003
The article presents the different views of Azhar scholars on the fatwa of friend marriage that was issued by sheikh Abdel Magid Al-Zindani.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 9, 2003
The writer presents a new point in the issue of Dr. Nasr Abu Zeid in the light of a book titled “Nasr Abu Zeid Between Kufr and Faith.” He concludes that the text on which Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin relied in condemning Abu Zeid is out of its contexts and does not imply the meaning he derived.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 9, 2003
The writer criticizes religious scholars who deliver fatwas without deep consideration and awareness of the issues related to the fatwas.
Date of source: Saturday, July 12, 2003
The article is a comment on the fatwa of Yemeni Sheikh Abdel-Mageed Al-Zanadani who suggested having a new marriage system called “marriage friend” instead of the boy/girl friend system in the West. The fatwa was issued to help Muslim youth in the West to commit to the Islamic principles. The...
Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2003
The author comments on the issue of female genital mutilation, arguing that it has nothing to do with religion. He also explains its scientific and psychological aspects, showing that it does not fulfill its claimed objective, which is keeping the chastity of girls.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2003
The author approaches four Muslim scholars on the issue of improving Islamic religious discourse. They all agree that the religious discourse should be improved. Each of them gives his perception of how it should be improved.
Date of source: Saturday, September 17, 2005
Egyptian Muslim thinker, Dr. ‘Abd al-Sabour Shahīn believes western countries are willfully attacking Islam. He feels the confrontation will not abate, but grow more fierce.
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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.