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Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Photos of the military-style parade staged by the Muslim Brotherhood at al-Azhar University raised alarm in the Egyptian press that the Muslim Brotherhood was forming a militia.
Date of source: Thursday, December 14, 2006
Political analysts and commentators raised a plethora of questions as
to the significance of the Muslim
Brotherhood’s military-style parade by masked Brotherhood members on
the campus grounds of the Azhar
University.
Date of source: Thursday, December 14, 2006
The author believes that Pope Benedict’s claim that Islām was spread by
the sword
is not true and lacks study and understanding.
Date of source: Friday, December 15, 2006
A student of higher
studies at the Usūl al-Dīn [Fundamentals of Religion] Faculty, al-Minūfīyah branch
of the
Azhar University, wrote a PhD thesis deeming that the Rose al-Yūsuf periodical and
founder
were Kāfir. In week 50, AWR presented a series of reactions published in
Rose al-
Yūsuf. The...
Date of source: Thursday, December 7, 2006
The author wonders whether Egypt is a civil state or a religious one and calls on the government to
be
clearer in its stance on this issue.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
A conference held at the Azhar
University, attended by Muslim scholars and medical
doctors from Africa, Asia and Europe, condemns female
circumcision and denies that it is a religious
practice.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2006
The Egyptian press has widely covered the four-day visit that Pope Benedict XVI paid to Turkey from November 28 to December 1, 2006 in an obvious attempt to heal the wounds opened by his earlier "offensive" remarks on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. According to political analysts, the pontiff’s...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
Date of source:
The Egyptian press paid special attention to the situation Muslims in
America and Europe are now facing as a result of the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which
were claimed to be executed by Arab Muslim extremists. Although Muslims in America condemned the attacks, they...
Date of source: Friday, November 24, 2006
The author inquires about Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib’s travels to Tehran and his
reasons.
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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.