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Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2001
Well-known Egyptian thinkers Dr. Milad Hanna and Counselor Tareq Al-Bishri spoke at a seminar of the Islamic Benevolent Organization about globalization. Hanna said that neither the entire West nor America accepts the idea of cultural conflicts. However, conflicts between cultures are in the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2001
Scholars and gynecologists commented on Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s opinions on circumcision. Doctors said that stopping female circumcision may lead most of them to lesbianism. Scholars explained that Imam Abu Hanifa said that circumcision for men is Sunna and it is a noble deed for women. Imam Shafai...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2001
Many men of religion, Islamic scholars and intellectuals refuted Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s opinions. Sheikh Abdel-Monsif Mahmoud said that pilgrimage is not a pagan relic but is basically a declaration of leaving paganism. Adel-Fattah Abdel-Karim said that her demand to allow women to marry more than...
Date of source: Thursday, December 14, 2000
A lecture on the Islamic conquest of Egypt was held in the Cairo Opera House. The speakers stressed that the Islamic conquest of Egypt was not a colonization. It saved the Copts from the persecution of the Byzantines. They warned against recent attempts to distort Islamic history in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, November 16, 2000
The Moroccan Minister of Waqfs spoke in an interview about the importance of having an international organization for Friday preachers in all the mosques of the world. He added that the dialogue between different Islamic denominations should concentrate on their contents and on finding one scale...
Date of source: Thursday, September 21, 2000
The UNESCO sponsored International Conference for Dialogue Among Religions concluded its sessions last Tuesday in Tashkent. Representatives of 30 countries and a large number of religious organizations participated in the five-day conference.
Date of source: Thursday, August 31, 2000
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*Why they are considered martyrs and how will they be resurrected?
*Compensation for death, when is it acceptable under Islam?
Deaths due to accidents involving airplanes and ships provoke more than one question for Islamic legislation. How, why and when are victims considered to be...
Date of source: Thursday, August 31, 2000
This article exposes the opinion of Dr. Nasr Farid Wasal, the Mufti of Egypt, concerning the rights of the non-Muslim wife, who is married to a Muslim and whether she has the right to practice the rites of her religion and to inherit from her husband or not.
Date of source: Thursday, August 3, 2000
Sheikh Nazar Fakhori, the Mufti of Switzerland, confirmed that the Swiss people are willing to learn about Islam and that there are lots of Muslims in Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne, Bern and in other cities. He also added that, the Islamic community in Switzerland is one of the most active communities...
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2000
Two members of the Islamic Research Institute carried out a study about the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed," and held an extraordinary session to discuss this issue. They found out five irregularities in the novel.
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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.