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Muslims responding to terrorism, following the attacks in London and Sharm al-Sheikh and the dangers of identity politics.
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Rose al-Yousuf presented a file with six articles about the same subject written by Sayyid al-Qimnī, Muhammad Shahrour, ‘Abd Allāh al-Najjār, ‘Abd al-Sabour Shahīn, Hāla al-Bannā, Majdī al-Milījī.
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2007
The Ḥijāb is not an obligation in Islām, and it is dangerous to easily classify certain concepts under the known and proven. Islām needs innovating scholars who are able to bring it up to date while maintaining the sense of Sharī‘ah, depending on the reasonable interpretation of the Qur’ān and the...
Date of source: Thursday, July 30, 1998
Dr. Rifaat Al-Said review of a book entitled "Islam and Faith" by Dr. Mohammed Shahrour.
Date of source: Saturday, August 13, 2005 to Friday, August 19, 2005
If we are supposed to believe in the slogans of Islamic political groups, demanding justice, equality, shoura [consultation], an end to corruption and the enhancment of security in society, shouldn’t we demand for mechanisms to put these principles into practise? There must be programs and plans...
Date of source: Saturday, August 6, 2005 to Friday, August 12, 2005
Before I answer this question, I want to explain what fundamentalism means. Fundamentalism means to return to the origins, in other words, a return to the Holy Qur’ān and the Sunnah [sayings or actions of the Prophet] Accordingly, most Muslims are fundamentalists, even though they reject violence...
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005 to Friday, July 15, 2005
Dr. Muhammad Shahrour, the Syrian Islamic thinker was interviewed by Rose al-Yousuf and affirmed that the religious institutions in the Arab World - like the Azhar in Egypt, [and the Shi’ite centers in] al-Najaf in Iraq, and Qom in Iran – are still conservative with tools of knowledge that did not...
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2004
All followers of heavenly religions are Muslims, according to the Qur’an’s definition.
The Muslim Holy Book of the Qur’an has defined Muslims as all the followers of heavenly revealed religions, who abide by the right path, set by God, not followers of the Prophet Muhammad exclusively.
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
Has President
Mubarak’s call to renew religious thought been seriously tackled on all levels of the ruling
party and the government-owned media or not? Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami, owned by the ruling National
Democratic Party, continued its attack on secularists on the pretext that secularists are...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
“See how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.” [Chapter of al-Isrā’ (The Night Journey) 17: 21, The Meaning of the Holy Qurā’n by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall].
This verse dismisses preferment of the creation on the...
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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.