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Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2010
Recent Shiite attacks on the sahābah and the wives of the Prophet Muhammad sparked rage amongst many Sunnī imāms and thinkers. Some imāms in mosques dedicated their Friday prayer speeches to responding to the comments. Islamic scholar Shaykh Mansūr al-Rifā‘ī ‘Ubayd called for the Ministry of...
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Muslim scholars have gone on a rampage directly after the news of Amīna Wadoud delivering the Friday sermon and leading male and female worshippers in prayer.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
As news spread about finding an isolated 20-year-old camphor tree with the names of God and the Prophet Muhammad having been carved on its trunk, people have shown interest in visiting to receive blessings as a miracle from God.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Nāhid al-Nabrāwī spots the reasons behind the backwardness of Islamic
preaching in the West, and the criteria for presentable Islamic preachers in Western countries.
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2006
Zaynab ‘Abd Allāh writes about the latest controversial fatwá by Jamāl
al-
Bannā about smoking during fasting. She claims that the fatwá is only meant to distract
people’s
attention since there is nothing logic about it.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
Although it has been approved and is
waiting for implementation, the
unified call for prayer is still controversial. The article discusses the opinions
of Islamic scholars and
experts on the matter.
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001 to Friday, November 16, 2001
The Head of the Department of Transport and Bridges Equipment in Cairo was arrested together with his wife for forming a group promoting ideas against Islam. He issued a fatwa to his followers that they were not obliged to pray in the direction of the Kiblah while performing prayers. He also denied...
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003 to Friday, September 26, 2003
Women are eager to work in the field of Da´wa [Islamic missionary activity] and study Islamic dogma to the degree that they have excelled men. People who are responsible for Da´wa say that this is due to the awareness of women of her role to correct some misunderstood conceptions. The cultural...
Date of source: Saturday, June 22, 2002 to Friday, June 28, 2002
Rose El-Youssef created a special file on extremism and terrorism. The file discusses cassette tapes that degrade women in Egyptian society, the fact that some lawyers looking for fame collaborate with extremists, that some scholars oppose scholarly development and that terrorists have turned to...
Date of source: Monday, May 13, 2002
The Adventists do not only try to promote their beliefs among Christians but also among Muslims. Through their radio broadcast AWR, they broadcast programs and correspond with Muslim youths concerning their beliefs. They send Muslim youths booklets that may lead them to doubt the principles of...
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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.