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Date of source: Friday, February 6, 2004
The article presents the
views of a number of Muslim intellectuals such as Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, Egyptian Minister of
Awqaf [Endowments], Muhammad Ben Ya’eesh, president of the Islamic-European Chamber of Commerce,
and Ga’far Abdel Salam, the secretary general of the league of Islamic...
Date of source: Friday, February 27, 2004
Many writings
claim that Islam is against the values of Western civilization such as democracy, freedom, human
rights, tolerance and accepting the other.
The opinions of scholars such as Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi
Zaqzouq, minister of Awqaf [Endowments] and Dr. Muhammad Abdel Halim, head of the Saleh...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Islamic scholar
and Minister of Awqaf [Endowments] and Islamic Affairs Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq wrote a book in
which he clarified the image of Islam and Muslims.
The book is a remarkable contribution to
the activation of the current dialogue between religions and civilizations in a bid to achieve...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Text of a lecture for students and professors of different faculties at the University of Copenhagen, November 3, 2004, about plans to establish the Center for Arab-West Understanding in Cairo, Egypt. The text explains that intercultural tensions do exist but can be combated with good information.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Muslims should be allowed to visit Jerusalem as an Islamic ritual, which Muslims have been deprived of ever since the Israeli occupation in 1967. This embargo paved the way for Jews to attempt to destroy the Holy Mosque of al-Aqsa and the Dome of the Rock in order to construct their Third Temple....
Date of source: Friday, April 8, 2005
With regard to the Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the Egyptian Ministry of Awqāf and its Saudi counterpart: Fighting fundamentalism and
terrorism is indirectly achieved by showing the moderate core of the religion. Cooperation with the Saudis can be based on
the common denominators...
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
The West has always viewed the Middle Eastern mentality as one that does not value precision and, consequently, cannot recognize the facts. While Europeans’ mentalities are naturally inclined to precision, accuracy, and logical thinking even though they may never have studied logic.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Minister of Endowments: Islam was the first to establish dialogue and to accept “the other”
In his meeting with Gerhard Duncker, the representative of the German Evangelical Church, Dr. Zaqzouq affirmed that today’s world is in dire need of collective efforts to bridge the gap resulting from...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The League of Islamic Universities, headed by Dr. Jacfar ‘Abd al-Salām, organized a successful visit for a delegation of the Heads of Catholic universities from all over the world. The Heads of the Catholic universities met with leaders of religious institutions in Egypt and presented their...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2005
Some books at the Cairo International Book Fair were claimed to go against and be incompatible with the principles and morals of religion. This led a number of Muslim Brotherhood Members of Parliament and members of the Religious Committee at the People’s Assembly to demand a comprehensive revision...
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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.