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Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2007
The increasing phenomenon of Fatwás being issued by “satellite Shaykhs” is discussed. The author questions who has the authority to control these Fatwás, and why they issue is not being focused on.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Dr. Sa‘d al- Dīn Ibrāhīm argues that with the increasing power of the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamic political groups, the deletion and amendment of article two of the Egyptian Constitution seems next to impossible. He suggests that the only solution will be to add a new article affirming the...
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
The Popular Court has obliged, in its third meeting at the Bar Association, that the Minister of Culture Farūq Husnī publish and distribute a book on the Ḥijāb. It also canceled Prime Minister Ahmad Nazīf’s decision to appoint Manṣūr as Minister of Transport.
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
This article explains that Egyptian intellectuals can not carry out their mission to free people’s minds from control due to fear of the state and of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Who has the right to issue a Fatwá?
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2007
The Egyptian press has widely covered Christmas celebrations held by the Coptic Orthodox Church and presided over by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
The Egyptian press reports on the recent divisions within the Kifāyahmovement, otherwise known as the Egyptian Movement for Change. Seven members from the movement submitted their resignation following the culture minister’s comments on the Ḥijāb.
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
Many of the
issues considered
as belonging to the proven and known in Islām can change according to time and circumstances.
What some
think as protection from foreign danger is really a restriction of development that gives one group of
clergymen the authority to control the beliefs and...
Date of source: Saturday, December 16, 2006
Islam is a moderate religion that
rejects discrimination and
restrictions.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
The veil
crisis has deeply exposed the
crisis of the Egyptian ruling system and of the Muslim Brotherhood who
represents the opposition in the parliament
and in the street.
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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.