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Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
The Ministry of Awqaf [Endowments] put new conditions on building mosques. The conditions for building mosques include that the residential area be in real need of building a mosque. A minimum of 500 meters should separate one mosque from another. The conditions also include that anyone who...
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 2004
In an address read by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid on behalf of the president at the Sixteenth conference of the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs, President Mubarak urged the necessity of “eliminating the distorted images each party has of the other.” The conference was inaugurated in Cairo...
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 2004
President Mubarak’s message at the Sixteenth conference of the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs was read by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid; the president stated that the world needs peace and security and effort towards further understanding between nations and to bring about cooperation between...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2004
A Belgian thinker caused a huge uproar at the Higher Council for Islamic Affair’s sixteenth conference when he surprised the participants by directing severe criticisms at the Islamic world and accusing Muslims of not being transparent. He also accused Muslims of failing to manage a serious and...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2004
“Sena’at Al-Adaa lil Islam”[The Industry of hostility toward Islam] is a book written by Ragab Al-Banna [editor-in-chief of October]. He argues in his book that after the September 11 attacks, the American and European media has attacked Islam and Muslims in almost a daily basis. In the West there...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
To whom do I complain of my hurt and pain when I read what was published in the newspapers about the arrest of fifty-two members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the confiscation of their personal funds, and the closing down of their enterprises? It has been reported that those arrested are among the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2004
Minister of awqaf [religious endowments], Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, announced that the Ministry’s plan to send Islamic caravans touring world capitals to correct the mistaken image of Islam will start on June 6th. The delegation includes six Islamic scholars known to have the knowledge and the...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
An Egyptian delegation headed by Dr. Usama Al-Baz, political advisor to President Mubarak, left Cairo yesterday for London on a European-American tour to correct the image of Islam in the West. The delegation includes the Grand Mufti, Ali Goma’a, Deputy President of the National Council for Human...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
Preachers’ salons are back again. These salons are now the fashion among women from the elite class and the wealthy, not only in Cairo but also in a number of governorates. The women are first attracted to such salons by [the desire to hear] Qur’an and learn it by heart. These Qur’an lessons later...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 2004
Tomorrow, Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawi will discuss his dissertation at the Higher Studies Faculty at the Police Academy, titled “The rights and duties of Christians under the Islamic State and their impact on national security.” The dissertation was supervised by Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, the Minister...
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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.