Displaying 1 - 10 of 12.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2006 to Friday, May 5, 2006
The article explores the opinions of graduates from the College of Fine Arts, who later became prominent figures in Egypt, on the ordeal the faculty is going through and the growing number of people believing that art is harām.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006 to Friday, April 21, 2006
Several students at the Faculty of Fine Art think that art in general, and sculpture in particular, is harām and accordingly they are trying to spread their ideas to influence the rest of the students.
Date of source: Saturday, August 17, 2002 to Friday, August 23, 2002
Microbus drivers force their passengers to listen to audio-tapes that contain extremist religious material, while passengers have no right to raise any objection against their contents or their loud volume. If any passenger dares to raise any objection, he would be accused of unbelief for refusing...
Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2005 to Friday, December 9, 2005
The author examines responses to the question "Why don’t you wear the hijāb?”, finding many answers contrary to expectations.
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Dr. Amna Nosseir, a professor of jurisprudence at Al-Azhar University, has been calling on the Dar Al-Ifta to set up a council involving all specializations in all walks of life to thoroughly study public affairs of concern to major issues in society like organ transplants, bank profits and...
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
There are about 15 parties in Egypt but the man in the street does not have the feeling that they actually exist on the political chessboard, and even if he did, he would never trust them.
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Reading journals can turn into an addiction if they focus on scandals. Psychiatrists warn against such trends and say readers should boycott such journalism.
Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2002
Articles by seven journalists showing different aspects of a plan to halt Egypt’s development. First there are the tapes of preachers designed to influence all sectors of society. The Islamic shari’a was then used to try and facilitate building on agricultural land, thus harming the economy. The...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Thursday, May 4, 2000
The prosecution of Al-Waily ordered that "Sadika Hassan Gad", who is better known as "Sheikha Fawzya", to be put in jail. The investigations confirmed that the suspect was forging [documents] and deceiving people. During the investigations a large number of women gathered in front of the police...
Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2000 to Friday, April 28, 2000
The awful show of the sheikhs on tapes is still going on. Sheikh Kishk started this in the seventies. They recite only the texts of the Qur’an which speak of sins, and torment in hell. Those who take on the characteristics of preachers without deserving it talk on everything - without adequate...
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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.