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Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The author begins her piece by referring positively to an Italian priest who has permitted Muslims to hold Friday prayers in a section of his church, justifying this by saying he seeks to strengthen relations between the religions.
She then compares this with what she calls the "unjust, stubborn...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
"Even if the whole nation were to disagree with Dr. Muhammad al-Barād‘ī...we do not approve or support this errant Fatwá from an errant Shaykh permitting the killing of the man," ‘Abd al-Mun‘im writes of the former head of the IAEC and Nobel Peace prize winner.
He says that it is insanity for a...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The author writes that when she heard that a three-story building in ‘Umrāniyyah had been converted into a mosque, she asked her newspaper editor if he would confirm this, which he did by sending a reporter there.
She comments on the strange timing and speed of converting this unfinished building...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The issue of subjecting books of hadīth and interpretation to a process of sifting out Israelite hadīths has resurfaced, although the matter has in the past been met with loud opposition from some religious authorities.
The Azhar University has called for the addition of a new subject to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Everytime there is a political, religious, or economic crisis, some nonsense emerges that many believe to be a miracle, despite their knowledge that the age of miracles is over for good.
I was not surprised when some devotees of Imām Al-Husayn announced that he had appeared before his mosque, nor...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Priests’ wives have come to the fore after the crisis of Wafā’ Qustantīn and the recent crisis of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and the sectarian tensions they stir. Some of them tell al-Yawm al-Sābi' about their experiences and responsibilities as wives of clergymen.
In the aftermath of Kāmīliyā's crisis,...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Copts always feel that state security does not intervene to resolve their problems unless they resort to demonstrations and media pressure. General Fu’ād 'Allām, former state security deputy, points out that the relationship between Copts and the state is run through the state security. That is...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
In light of the priest’s wife crisis, Jamāl As'ad points out the existence a general attitude in the church of manipulating any situation to reach the conclusion that Copts are persecuted. He adds that the clergy have played a stirring role in the recent crisis and argues that they should be...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Salafists started a campaign to defend themselves against the constant attacks of Ahmad al-Tayyib, the grand shaykh of the Azhar. Salafī websites have published a number of articles defending the salafī approach, the most significant of which is an article published on 'Abd al-Mun'im al-Shahāt's...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
‘Allām states that Eva Hābīl can be considered the first female mayor in Egypt. He states that Hābīl was very happy to become mayor. ‘Allām also comments on Hābīl's convictions of individual religious freedom.
Keywords: Eva Hābīl - Women's Issues
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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.