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Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2005
Ayman Nour, the Parliament Member who was accused of forging petitions to form Hizb al-Ghad [Tomorrow Party] was stripped of his parliamentary immunity. It is my position that the developments in his case are mostly media-created (both abroad and locally)
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
A recent symposium held by the National Council for Women (NCW)’s cultural committee called for making a list of cheap religious books that contain non-credible hadīths [Prophet Muhammad’s saying and tradition] despising women.
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
Studying violence in the Egyptian society has become a necessity, particularly after law twisting, corruption and hooliganism ran rampant, said Maj. Gen. Ahmad Fakhr, head of the board of trustees of the International Center for Future & Strategic Studies (ICFS).
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
“See how We prefer one of them above another, and verily the Hereafter will be greater in degrees and greater in preferment.” [Chapter of al-Isrā’ (The Night Journey) 17: 21, The Meaning of the Holy Qurā’n by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall].
This verse dismisses preferment of the creation on the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
With the death of Prophet Muhammad and Abu Bakr’s hold on the caliphate, Islam simply served as a pretext for the ruler and his decisions and then as a pretext for the clerics serving the rulers. This has blinded Muslims’ understanding of the role of political opposition within their religion.
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
It is neither proper nor wise of some to explain natural disasters as revenge on the part of Almighty God (e.g., the recent Tsunami disaster that claimed the lives of nearly 300,000 people).
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
Some odd news items imply deep significances as last week many newspapers around the globe published that Condoleezza Rice has distributed 18 pocket atlases to the journalists escorting her on her first tour of Europe and the Middle East since she assumed her new post as U.S. secretary of state so...
Date of source: Saturday, February 5, 2005
If we scrutinize carefully the verses of the Holy Qur’ān, we will notice that God places men and women on equal footing concerning duties and rights.
Date of source: Saturday, February 5, 2005
A member of the Islamic Research Institute submitted a memorandum to the Follow-Up Committee – which is affiliated with the Institute – concerning a program broadcasted on Cairo Radio in which the host invited a singer who called for composing music for the verses of the Qur’ān.
Date of source: Saturday, January 29, 2005
The German authorities took decisive measures against hard-line groups active on German territories. Police raids and searches in several German provinces and cities in unison resulted in the arrest of 22 Islamist activists, amongst which were five women.
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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.