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Date of source: Friday, April 5, 2002
Many Muslim preachers are not religiously or academically qualified. In their religious discourse, they speak about nothing but torture in grave. Most of them preach politics instead of preaching religion – which is the thing that most badly affects the religious discourse. The Minister of Waqfs...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Egyptian secularists hailed the departure of Amr Khaled to London. Supporters of Khaled call for his return to Egypt and try to persuade authorities to revoke the actions taken against him. Coincidentally a young actress retracted her decision to retire from acting and the wearing of a veil....
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2002
The Minister of Awqaf explained that the reason for establishing the new conditions for building mosques was not to limit the building of the mosques. It is an issue of organizing that aims at saving the sanctity of the mosques and their civilized appearance. He added that these conditions would...
Date of source: Friday, September 12, 2003
The article is an interview with the Egyptian Minister of Endowments about the religious discourse in Egypt. He denied what has been reported lately about the intention of the ministry to unify the Friday sermons. He stressed that renewing the religious discourse is needed and that the ministry has...
Date of source: Saturday, September 6, 2003
Egypt’s Minister of Endowments’ point of view on the importance of dialogue between religions and cultures.
Two interviews published in this issue as result of the visit of two Egyptian journalists to the Netherlands.
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The Islamic Research Institute decided not to ban books that are not in accordance with the Islamic Shari’a. The institute will only respond to the wrong ideas expressed in such books.
Date of source: Monday, February 17, 2003
The Minister of Endowments denies reports about US Aid being allocated to mosques so that they are not run by civil societies. He stresses that the policy of putting mosques under the surveillance of the Ministry is not carried out according to instructions from foreign bodies.
Date of source: Saturday, February 15, 2003
Western sources revealed that the US considers the preparation of a comprehensive plan to control mosques in Arab and Islamic countries with the aim of having mosques in hand and limiting Islamic anger toward the US in case of attacking Iraq.
Date of source: Sunday, March 14, 2004
Pope Shenouda III called for the necessity of reinterpreting some of the verses of the Qur’an and the Holy Bible that deal with procreation. He said that he had raised the awareness of preachers and priests that the number of children one breeds is not the gist of the matter. Dr. Muhammad Hamdi...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
In a meeting yesterday with the members of the Rotary Egypt clubs, Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, Egyptian Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments], denied any incidence of foreign orders to renew the religious discourse. He confirmed that renewing the religious discourse is an genuine Islamic cause.
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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.