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Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The following lines summarize an interview with the General Secretary of al-Wafd opposition party Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr. He highlights the reasons and the possible solutions for the escalating sectarian strife in Egypt and refers to general social, educational, political, and economical factors.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The recently erupted sectarian violence in al-‘Ayyāt...
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Terrorism has proliferated in nearly all Islamic and Arab countries despite the differences between the ruling regimes. Within the Palestinian people’s resistance against the Israeli occupation, the phenomenon spread that some called “suicide bombing” and others called “martyrdom operations.”
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President Husnī Mubārak underlined in an address to the nation that the call of Islam has brought lofty teachings and values and stretched a helping hand to all humanity with the aim of disseminating peace and justice in all countries where Islam has spread.
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Although it is still too early to unravel the Sharm el-Sheikh bombings that claimed the lives of 64 people - including seven foreigners - and injured 124 others, several facts are emerging which might explain what happened on that bloody Friday night.
Date of source: Thursday, August 19, 2004
The decision made by the former Council of Governors concerning the conditions for building mosques and Azharite institutes still raises many questions, for example why were no religious officials from the Azhar or the Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] present to take part in these decisions...
Date of source: Saturday, August 21, 2004
Today, we will discuss the factors affecting this loss of trust between the Islamic world and the West and the obstacles to restoring this lost trust. We cannot say that trust between the West and the Islamic world has vanished completely but it was very negatively affected by the following factors...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Although he apologized for releasing a Fatwá recommending that adult males be breastfed by their female co-workers, the Azhar decided to refer Dr. ‘Izzat ‘Atiyyah to a disciplinary committee.
Date of source: Sunday, April 15, 2007
A fatwá on permitting transplant surgeries has caused debates amongst Islamic scholars over the definition of death.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Dr. Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq,
minister of endowments, said that there is nothing mentioned in the Qur’ān or Sunnah prohibiting the
celebration of Shamm al-nasīm.
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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.