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Date of source: Sunday, February 24, 2008
The article sheds light on the issue of translation in the Arab world. All of the observers admitted that there is a problem with translation in the Arab world. The majority of them attributed it to financial factors, but many of them also claimed that the low level of education is a significant...
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2006
Ahmad
Khālid sees that the reason behind backwardness in the Arab world, particularly in
Egypt, is the
rigidity and deficiency of religious discourse. He argues that Egypt nowadays suffers from the
absence of
authentic clergy.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 19, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Tala´at Abdel Mageed, Professor at the Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University. He comments on the nature of the current religious discourse and its impact on people. He highlighted the difficulty of discussing the issue of the renewal of religious...
Date of source: Saturday, December 2, 2000 to Friday, December 8, 2000
Some extremists attacked Sheikh Abdel Hamed Bekhit, teaching at the Faculty of Religious Fundamentals [Usul el-Din], because he issued a fatwa that allows students who have troubles in concentrating on their exams because of the fasting to break their fast. The fatwa was strongly opposed by...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2000
The author claims many Hadiths, the written record of saying attributed to the Prophet Mohammed, in fact cannot be traced to the Prophet and Muslims today must filter them, select those that are most authentic and beneficial.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 1999
This is the story of the most famous sixteen books which were confiscated throughout this century because of the taboos in our society (on religion, sex, and politics) which stand, like a sword on the neck, in front of everyone who has a certain opinion while the freedom allowed in the Arab world,...
Date of source: Monday, March 16, 1998
An interview with a controversial writer who questions traditional interpretations of the Qur’an. Al-Qimni and the author who is a religious person apparently clashed over thoughts, resulting in an article that could result in problems for al-Qimni with Islamist radicals.
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.