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Date of source: Friday, March 21, 2003
Two truths mentioned in the Qur’an that form Islam’s stand towards other religions. First, there is an objective unity between Islam and other revealed religions. Second, the Qur’an does not mention any religion, whether revealed or not, in a negative way.
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2001
According to Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, there are three kinds of kufr [unbelief]. There is atheism [elhad], which is a total denial of the existence of the Almighty God. There is polytheism [shirk], which means believing in more than one god. The third kind is the denial of Islam and the message...
Date of source: Friday, May 4, 2001
Muslims are not allowed to marry polytheists and atheists. The only requirement for marrying Kitabi [Christian and Jewish] women is they be virtuous. If the woman’s background is not virtuous, then a Muslim cannot marry her, for she would have two wrongs, a strayed religion, and lack of virtues. A...
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.