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Date of source: Monday, October 6, 2008
Al-Qaradāwī’s controversial statements about the perils of the Shī‘ah’s promulgation in Sunnī countries took the author back to a dispute that took place between Muslim scholars in the sixth hijrī century.
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
In the following interview, Muslim thinker Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd discusses the present Islamic discourse, he refers to the history of the Islamic reformation in the 20th century and points out the current defects. Abū Zayd also tackles the problems of Egyptian society and the Azhar’s relationship...
Date of source: Saturday, June 8, 2002
This article is an interview with Ibrahim Fahmy Helal, who led the Coptic Nation group that appeared at the time of Pope Yousab. He speaks about the attempt of the group to kidnap the pope and force him to abdicate papacy
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2006
Transcript of a speech presented by William Dalrymple at the American University in Cairo, highlighting his experiences traveling to Christian Holy sites throughout the Middle East, as well as his personal interpretation of political Islām. He includes references to both historical and present day...
Date of source:
The author presents some contributions from Jewish, Christian and Muslim
intellectuals on the relationship between the mind and the interpretation of religious texts.
Date of source: Saturday, October 7, 2006 to Friday, October 13, 2006
The author of the article,
Dr. Muná Abū Sinná, explains the reasons
behind the backwardness of the Muslim world. According to Dr.
Abū Sinná, Muslims’ rejection of logic
and reason for finding the meanings of religious texts is one
of the major reasons behind this
backwardness.
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Asīmah Janu discusses the Islamic stereotype spread in the West.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Makram Muhammad Ahmad discusses the misconceptions about Islam adopted in the West.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Dr Hulsman analyses the lecture of Pope Benedict, noting that the text showed that his lecture was unfortunate but the translation made it even worse. The report notes several translation mistakes from the original German text to English. The Arabic texts were then translations of the English....
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2001 to Friday, October 26, 2001
Those who try to create hostility between Islam and the followers of the other religions do not behave in a correct Islamic manner but express a personal inclination and a religious disturbance within their minds. The Qur’an makes it clear that the relationship between Muslims and the followers of...
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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.