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Date of source: Friday, November 19, 1999
Examples of several extremists who want to use their time in prison to study for a degree. None of these studies are related to Islam. The Ministry of Interior would not tolerate this.
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 1999
Egypt continued a crackdown on the banned Muslim Brotherhood on November 13, ordering the detention of eight people accused of belonging to the country’s largest fundamentalist group, court sources said.
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 1999
Eight suspected members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Saturday in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya.
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 1999
Over a thousand years ago, the site on which the mosque is built, currently the scene of major renovation efforts, witnessed Sayeda Zeinab’s advent to Egypt. She was described as the "heroine of Karbala’," rallying troops at the battle, providing them with water and food, treating the injured and...
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 1999
Al Azhar University, Sunni Islam’s most prestigious institution of learning, has appealed a court decision that it must re-admit a transsexual belly-dancer to its women’s faculty.
Date of source: Sunday, November 28, 1999
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh blew up a truck in Oklahoma, killing 168 people. The rumor mill rolled into action, churning out that old bogey: Islamic extremism.
As we now know, the terror that rocked America that day was not of Muslim provenance. But it seems the lessons of that affair are...
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 1999
The leader of a mystical Muslim sect who reportedly claims she can resurrect the Prophet Muhammad was jailed after a hearing in Egypt’s state security court, officials said on November 13.
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 1999
Sheikh Yassin criticized the magazine for an article they wrote approximately half a year ago about him. He says some fundamentalists and extremists don’t perform the basic elements of Islam. He also writes "I find it strange to be accused of accusing Muslims of apostasy and to be described as the...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 23, 1999
The Muslim people yesterday marked the mid-Sha’ban Night (Sha’ban being one of the 12 months of the Hijra calendar). However, some people believe that the mid-Sha’ban Night ceremony is bed’aa (a religious ceremony not practiced or recommended by Prophet Mohammed).
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
Dr. Su’ad Saleh, professor at the women’s college for Islamic studies at the Azhar University said that she is the mufti of women and that Islam does not limit the work of the mufti to men only.
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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.