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Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Egyptian secularists hailed the departure of Amr Khaled to London. Supporters of Khaled call for his return to Egypt and try to persuade authorities to revoke the actions taken against him. Coincidentally a young actress retracted her decision to retire from acting and the wearing of a veil....
Date of source: Saturday, March 23, 2002
The Muslim Brotherhood’s representative in the parliament submitted a suggestion saying that the office of dean of faculty should be chosen by elections rather than by appointment. This is an attempt on the part of the Brotherhood to control the leading positions in universities. Many university...
Date of source: Saturday, March 23, 2002
The Egyptian law relies on the French law concerning crimes of adultery. This way, the law lacks equality between men and women in cases when one of them is caught red handed in marital unfaithfulness. It also lacks equality in the punishment related to this crime. Many men of law believe that the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 16, 2002
The latest fatwa of Sheikh Atiya Saqr that forbids shaking hands between men and women is a return to the dogmatic opinions that preceded the explosion of terrorism in Egypt. The author wondered how could Egypt fight terrorism without fighting such strange beliefs that create the atmosphere for the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 16, 2002
Many Azhar professors said that shaking hands between women and men is not haram as long as the people involved in the handshake do not have bad intentions of lust or desire. Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi criticized the way Sheikh Atiya Saqr follows in interpreting hadiths. He said that Sheikh Saqr...
Date of source: Monday, March 18, 2002
The fatwa that forbids shaking hands between men and women contradicts the moderation Sheikh Atiya Saqr is known for. It was better for Sheikh Saqr to present the opinions of jurists on this point and let people decide for themselves. This fatwa put many of the Azhar scholars in a critical...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 13, 2002
Sheikh Atiya Saqr stressed that he would not withdraw his statement about prohibiting shaking hands between men and women, as this is stated in a true hadith. He said that he would not take the trouble and respond to those who criticized his fatwa, as some of them deny the sunna. He added that if...
Date of source: Saturday, March 30, 2002
Coptic Orthodox bishop Bimen of Khatatba passed away. Cornelis Hulsman commented on the Bishop of Shubra al-Kheima’s remarkable advertisement thanking the government for building a church service building in the Coptic weekly Watani and reports on a recent visit to Upper Egypt; Malawi.
Date of source: Monday, December 2, 2002
Swiss researcher Dr. Patrick Haenni writes that what new preachers are facing shows that they are still seeking a place for themselves in the world of preaching in Egypt. Some Azhar sheikhs accuse them of inefficiency. Leaders of political Islam consider them as their competitors. Their only chance...
Date of source: Saturday, March 9, 2002
Members of the radical group Al-Da’wa Wa Tabligh distribute pamphlets about actresses who repented among pilgrims. The author believes this to be a kind of trade. The article gives three of repentance stories mentioned in these pamphlets.
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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.