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Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Mustafá Abu Hilwah reviews Ahmad Salāh al-Mullā’s book about Islamic Fundamentalism and Rashīd Ridā.
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
In the following interview, Muslim thinker Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd discusses the present Islamic discourse, he refers to the history of the Islamic reformation in the 20th century and points out the current defects. Abū Zayd also tackles the problems of Egyptian society and the Azhar’s relationship...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
The article reviews a book highlighting the Arab’s reaction following the cancellation of the Islamic Khalīfah by Ataturk.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The majority of Muslims believe in the second coming of Jesus
Christ at the end of
time. A number of Muslim scholars refute this belief, arguing that there is no definitive
evidence in the
Qur’ān for the second advent of Christ.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The report examines the definitions of polemics, the differing views of what constitutes polemics, including the Danish cartoons and the play in Alexandria which led to sectarian violence, Mīzān al-Haqq, a 19th century Christian polemical book against Islam and the Gospel of Barnabas, which is the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
The controversial fatwa of the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a, concerning the prohibition of full-figure statues has turned Egyptian newspapers into a field of debate, where Islamic thinkers voice their views on the issue.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2001
[The RNSAW received this text from Dr. Abu Zayd for placement in the RNSAW. The text was first presented during a conference in June in Berlin, Germany]
Since the occupation of Egypt by Bonaparte in 1798 Muslims have had to address the issue of secularization. Some Muslim thinkers believe Islam...
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 2003
The article covers the speeches given by Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid and Dr. Hassan Hanafy, philosophy professor, in a seminar titled “Criticism in Philosophy and Social Ideology" held as part of the activities of the conference of the Philosophical Association.
Date of source: Friday, July 29, 2005
Dr. Muhammad ‘Umāra argues that Muhammad ‘Abduh’s articles, letters, and writings launched a new generation and modernized Arabic writing style. The intellectual press that he led was the banner of reform, through which ‘Abduh’s new conceptual framework was applied.
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2005
After the loss of Palestine to the Jews, the intellectual silence was followed by trials to wake the conscience of the nation. That was visible in Turkey, when the Association of Unity and Advancement revolted against the silence of the Ottoman Sultān.
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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.