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Date of source: Thursday, February 10, 2011
According to the Pew Research Center, US media attention for the Egyptian protests has exceeded every foreign policy story over the last four years, commanding 56% of all news coverage. While initially surprising, upon reflection this story hits at the conjunction of many popular flashpoints:...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2010
This article reviews a book concerning the Egyptian national identity in recent history, especially focusing on the impact of religion.
Date of source: Sunday, April 11, 2010
This article by Watani gives a brief overview of the new book by Talaat Radwan
entitled "Egyptian Culture and Religious Fundamentalism before and after July 1952."
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2007
The author talks about the importance of Ijtihād to modernize and renew our Islamic thinking, to protect our nation from religious complacency and the extremist trends.
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2007
The author records religious trends participation in the political life of Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, August 20, 2004
We need to change our religious discourse in order to make it more compatible with the comprehensiveness of Islam. But America, in its current attack on Islam, wants to change Islam. We want to change with Islam and they want to change Islam. America’s problem with Islam is neither Islam’s...
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: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Mahmūd Qandīl writes a
review of three books revolving on the subjects of Islām and
Muslims. The three books are ‘Islam and
Innovation in Egypt,’ ‘Independent Islamists: Identity and Question’ and
‘The Islamized: What have they
done for Islām and for us?’
Date of source: Tuesday, November 14, 2006
The author argues that supporters of globalization do not take seriously the Islamic concept of economy and society because there is no evaluation or systematic Islamic criticism of this phenomenon. Thus modern Islamic thought should draw on contemporary critical theory to develop new ways of...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 17, 1997
The author is very upset about a Christian author writing in a very negative way about Islam. He advises Christians to refrain from writing about Islam.
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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.