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Date of source: Saturday, January 19, 2002
This article refutes some religious ideas that are believed to be religious postulates. The callers for the establishment of a religious state always use such purportedly religious postulates to support their argument. The author believes that these postulates are among the reasons behind the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2002
Some people think that the new conditions imposed on the building of mosques are a conspiracy. However, there is a pressing need to establish rules on the building of the mosques. According to the Qur’an and the sunna, a mosque could be used to spread temptation and insecurity among Muslims. That’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
The Turkish government declared the banning of veiled women from entering a university or driving cars. This declaration provoked the feelings of many Muslims especially since many of them believe that Islam is the hijab and niqab. The author does not agree that Islam is simply a hijab and niqap....
Date of source: Saturday, January 12, 2002
Dr. Mahmoud Salam Zanati compiled a study on wearing the hijab and the mixing and segregation of the two sexes in Arab society. He wrote that Arabs during the Jahiliya times and until the Ummayyid period didn’t know of sexual segregation. The obligation of the veil was only applied to the women of...
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2002
“Al-Muntakhab [The Select or The Selected]” is the first Egyptian-English translation of the Qur’an. It is considered one of the greatest references with respect to the explanation of the Qur’an. The Ministry of Awqaf charged a gynecologist who lives in America to translate it into English. It...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2002
The sixth international conference of the Association of the Solidarity of Arabic Women showed a scientific film about the circumcision operations of male babies. The film warned against the dangerous medical and psychological consequences of circumcising males while being still babies. Dr. Nawal...
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2002
The Minister of Awqaf explained that the reason for establishing the new conditions for building mosques was not to limit the building of the mosques. It is an issue of organizing that aims at saving the sanctity of the mosques and their civilized appearance. He added that these conditions would...
Date of source: Sunday, January 6, 2002
The author expressed the opinion that Islam is the sealed religion and the only religion accepted by God. He quoted many Qura’nic verses to prove that all prophets starting from Noah and ending by Jesus Christ had called for Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, January 5, 2002
The concept and legitimacy of jihad differed in the two periods: during the time of the prophet and after the death of the prophet. Combat at the time of the prophet was considered jihad. The aim of fighting was to spread the heavenly faith and conduct people into embracing the faith of Allah [God...
Date of source: Monday, September 29, 2003
Saad Eddin Ibrahim, head of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, denied what was reported about him asking the US administration to pressure the Egyptian government to enforce democracy. "I did not ask anyone to do this. I am the one who pressures and asks for applying democracy because...
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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.