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Al-Qahera published three articles commenting on the Arab Culture Conference in Cairo. Al-Liwa al-Islami interviewed three Muslim scholars to comment on the conference.
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One of the issues that surfaced after September 11 is the issue of "religious discourse" and its importance in showing that Islam is not a religion of violence and terrorism. Articles covered in this press review show what kind of religious discourse is needed today and whether there are Western...
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The dean of the
Faculty of Dār al-‘Ulūm said that Shaykh Attya Saqr?s Fatwá that considers handshaking between men and women H...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Who has the right to issue a Fatwá?
Date of source: Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Muhammad Shibl calls for the
necessity to
differentiate between the Qur’ān and prophetic hadīth in order to
correct
the image of Islam in the West.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
In an interview with Muhammad Shibl [a Muslim thinker], the
author
discusses the issue of a unified call for prayer in Cairo.
Date of source: Friday, June 30, 2006
The author reviews a book made by Egyptian famous intellectual Sa‘īd ‘Ashmāwī, in which he tackled the hijāb issue and other controversial issues related mainly to Muslims’ clothes.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Two weeks ago, al-Fajr published a letter sent in by a Bahā’ī reader, who discussed in detail the principles of the Bahā’ī faith. In its issue of June 19, 2006, al-Fajr publishes two more letters sent in by Muslim readers responding to what they described as falsehoods contained in the...
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The author says that Islam is nothing but faith and
sharī‘a
[Islamic law], and therefore criticizes those preachers who preach about ‘unseen
things’, which is, frankly
speaking, not proved by prophetic traditions and stories.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The article investigates opinions by some Muslim
scholars on the impurity of dogs and the impermissibility of sculpture and statues, casting doubts on
certain
hadīths [traditions and sayings attributed to the Prophet Muhammad] banning the
possession of dogs,
whose saliva, according to many...
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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.