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Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2002
The Torah sometimes urges adultery and having sex and other times forbids it. At a certain point in time Jewish priests tried to use sex and adultery for the benefit of the Jews. The book of Esther is an example on how Jewish priests tried to make the texts of the Torah give legality to adultery...
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2002
The July Revolution brought about the formation of the Nassarist Party while Islamists who worship God and work to maintain the identity of the Egyptian people have had no party up to this very moment. Nasserists have a party despite the fact that Nasserist ideologies have no place now. However,...
Date of source: Saturday, July 20, 2002
Pope Shenouda said that if an Orthodox husband or wife joined the Jehovah´s Witnesses, the couple could have an immediate divorce [if they wanted]. In addition, the church would give a permission to remarry to the partner who kept his/her Orthodox beliefs.
Date of source: Friday, June 21, 2002
General Ahmed Abdel Wahab presents the most important western studies that challenge the concept of Semitism in his book “Semitism…the biggest lie.” He revealed that Jews have succeeded in deceiving the world with the term “Semitism.” They managed to change the law in Western countries in order to...
Date of source: Friday, June 21, 2002
Rev. Jerry Vines who belongs to the Southern Baptist Convention claimed that Christianity was founded by the Son of God who was born of a virgin, while Islam was founded by Muhammad who married twelve women. The Council for American Islamic Relations called upon President George Bush and the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2002
A referendum showed that 70% of the American Catholics prefer to cancel any restrictions to priests getting married, while 22% of them reject the marriage of Catholic priests. On the other hand, Pope John Paul II assured his rejection of the marriage of Catholic priests.
Date of source: Thursday, March 21, 2002
The Cassation Court gave the reasons for the judgment of Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. It declared that its judgment was based on admittance under coercion.
Date of source: Friday, March 15, 2002
The article explains the meaning of kufr [unbelief] and kufar [unbelievers] as mentioned in the Qur´an. It tells that the word kufr has a dogmatic and a linguistic meaning and that there is no verse in the Qur´an that orders the killing of kufar. All the Qur´anic verses delay the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 2, 2002
The leaders of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya expressed their complete agreement to end the actions to kill. They affirmed that their mistakes in the past came as a result of a false Ijtihad. In this article they explain the legal basis behind their renunciation of violence and reconsideration of old...
Date of source: Friday, March 1, 2002
The article gives the opinions of some Muslim scholars and thinkers on the issue of inter-religious dialogue. Some of them believe the dialogue to be important and necessary, if it aims at promoting the shared values between religions. Others believe it to be a crime and a waste of time, especially...
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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.