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Date of source: Saturday, October 8, 2005 to Friday, October 14, 2005
Many Muslims believe that marital intercourse is impurity that require for both, husband and wife, to wash before they go through their day.
Date of source: Thursday, October 6, 2005
Well-known Muslim dā‘īya, Khālid al-Jindī, has said that exporting goods from Egypt to Israel is harām [unlawful according to Islamic sharī‘a].
Date of source: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
The Supreme Administrative Court has nullified the Pope’s decision to defrock a priest.
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Has piety become a means of profit-making? Or have some of us contracted psycho-social diseases that render our manners ostentatious and showy? In some five-star hotels now there are so-called Islamic wedding parties, the cost of which for 100 invited persons in all cases exceeds LE 100,000. The...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2004
A fatwa by Sheikh Muhammad Abdel Maqsoud revealed how shallow, extreme words can be terribly influential on naive minds if the opinions of other religious scholars are absent. Sheikh Abdel Maqsoud banned photographs and cinema, while permitting watching videotapes, arguing that videotapes consist...
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2003
The head of the Administrative Court comments on its ruling that canceled the decision of the Azhar concerning banning a three-part religious book. He says that the author of the three books did not harm the Islamic faith, as he has only practiced Ijtihad.
Date of source: Saturday, May 15, 2004
A husband whose wife gets divorce based on the personal status code for Orthodox Copts, regulating the affairs of marriage and divorce and other related matters, filed a lawsuit in which he challenged the code unconstitutional. The complainant argues the Holy Bible, which is the first source of...
Date of source: Monday, January 12, 2004
The Administrative Court overturned a complaint filed by two Orthodox Copts against Pope Shenouda in which they demanded the suspension of the presidential decree that formed the temporary Maglis al-Milli al-Amm [General Community Council] of Orthodox Copts.
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
Wearing a niqāb has become a haunting issue that rises every now and then; women insist on wearing it and disrespecting security aspects and customs of the society.
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
The Azhar carries two missions since it was established; a spiritual and an educational one. A recent study by the national councils discussing the educational process in -Azhar faculties and higher institutions affirmed the need for revitalization in order to prepare missionaries able to handle...
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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.