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Date of source: Friday, January 30, 2004
Al-Wafd continues discussing the attitude of Islamic movements towards the issues of democracy, the disavowing of violence and turning to peaceful action. During the last few years, attempts to establish two Islamic political parties, Al-Islah Party [Reformation Party] and Al- Sharia Party [Sharia...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2004
Mamdouh Ismail criticizes the opinions of Prince Al-Walid Ibn Talal [the owner
of the music satellite channel Rotana] on the issue of the veil in France and of martyrdom
operations. The prince voiced his opinion in an interview with the French paper Le Figaro.
Date of source: Thursday, February 3, 2005
Early last January, al-Hayāt published extracts from Muntasir al-Zayyāt’s book Al-Jamā‘āt al-Islāmīya: Ru’ya min al-Dākhil [Al-Jamācāt al-Islāmīya: A vision from inside]. In fact, a better title would be Al-Jamā‘āt al-Islāmīya: A personal vision. While reading the book, one can feel that personal...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
During a conference, organized by the Ibn Khaldoun Center headed by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, on Islam and Reform, representatives of political Islam took part in the dialogue and the Islamic movements were encouraged to be involved in the democratic process. The final statement released by the center...
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2001 to Friday, December 7, 2001
Behind any terrorist organization there is a mufti deciding what is halal and what is haram according to his point of view. The article gives an overview of the most famous muftis of terrorist organizations and the fatwas they issued.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2001
Al-Arabi received many comments on its article "Al-Awa’s fatwa ignites controversy in Al-Wasat" published on November 4. The deputy of Al-Wasat Party said that the article attributed to him things he did not say. The article also claimed that Mamdouh Ismail and Gamal Sultan are members of Al-Wasat...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2001
Abud Al-Zumor, the Jihad member who was among the first to sign the initiative denouncing violence was moved from Tora prison, where the members of the shura council of Al-Gama’at Al-Islamiya are serving various prison sentences, to Abu Zabal prison. This was believed to be a step to separate the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2001 to Friday, May 11, 2001
Islamist lawyers broke into two fronts; one supporting Montasser Al-Zayyat and announced him to be its secretary general. The other front removed him from his position. Al-Zayyat was accused by some members of the Islamist Lawyers’ general assembly of defaming the Islamist Lawyers and seeking...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
A heated rivalry over the position of the general secretary of the Islamic Lawyers Association will be witnessed. The deputy who was the founder of Al-Shari’a party is the strongest rival to occupy this position.
Date of source: Thursday, April 19, 2001
The Islamic Lawyers Association decided to choose Montasser Al-Zayyat as its general secretary. It also held a meeting at which it was decided not to suspend the activities of the Association any longer and to delay electing its board members.
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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.