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Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2000
American Islamic organizations are no longer limiting their efforts in defending the rights of Muslim ladies who wish to wear the veil for religious reasons but face lots of difficulties. These organizations have expanded their efforts to defend the right of the Christian ladies to wear "the...
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2000
The East of Alexandria prosecution office ordered the imprisonment of 12 persons accused in participating in violent clashes between Muslims and Christians. Investigations reveled that the clashes took place because of differences over the building of a church.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2000
Many girls declared their wish to work as marriage officials and explained that such a job is not Haram [religiously forbidden]. Scholars in Jordan explain that men are doing the job and there is no need for women in the field. Other scholars do not mind to have women working as marriage officials...
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2000
Religious scholars came to be divided between supporters and opponents to the idea of the nomination of Muslim women in elections and regarding their rights in participating in the political life. The Mufti and sheikh Youssef Al-Badri believe that women’s nature does not allow them to have a role...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2000
The Permanent Committee for Scientific Researches and Fatwas of Saudi Arabia issued a fatwa stating that the kidney dialysis spoils the fasting because something is taken out of the body and replaced by something else and this cause the breaking of his fasting. The patient may delay his kidney...
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2000
The American Jewish Committee expressed its deep frustration at the statement of the bishops of the American Catholic Church regarding the peace process in the Middle East [see article 18 in this RNSAW]. The reason is that, according to the Jewish Committee, the statement did not ask the...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2000
Fourteen leaders of Islamic organizations and of specialized professors in religious affairs in Sudan issued a fatwa that accuses members of the [National] Democratic Front of blasphemy because of an article one of the members of the Front wrote which is said to defame Islam and the Prophet.
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2000
The Mufti of Egypt issued an official fatwa that allows the marriage of Al-Missyar*. By doing so, he contradicted the fatwa of Sheikh Gad Al-Haq Ali Gad Al-Haq, the late Sheikh of the Azhar, in which he said that Al-Missyar marriage is illegal and that it is like the mota’a marriage [for joy,...
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2000
Rafi Ahmed Taha, a prominent leader of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya, accused Egyptian authorities of being responsible for the killing of fundamentalist leader Alaa’ Abdel Razaq Atia, and one of his accomplices in a clash with the Egyptian security forces in Aswan on October 19.
Date of source: Saturday, March 18, 2000
The greatest leader in the Christian world, Pope John Paul II, asked for forgiveness. This is a generous step. ... We expect from the Vatican to acknowledge the prophethood of Mohammed, may the peace of the God be upon him, and also the book that came upon him. This is the right way to real...
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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.