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Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2003
The Grand Imam did not find a way-out of the plight of the fatwa given by Sheikh Al-Eish, except declaring, in an official statement, that the fatwa of Al-Eish does not represent the Azhar. He even referred Al-Eish to investigations. He said that politicians are more entitled to give fatwas when...
Date of source: Sunday, September 7, 2003
The Giza Prosecution started to investigate the notification of the Egyptian Anti-Torture Organization concerning the detention and torture of some of the inhabitants of the village of Tersa in Giza at the hands of the police.
Date of source: Saturday, August 30, 2003
The article comments on the role of the Egyptian State Security and why people fear it. He wonders: If people fear police stations and state security departments, and prosecution makes them tremble in panic, is there something that justifies this panic?
Date of source: Tuesday, September 2, 2003
The writer gives a brief comment on an article written by Abdel-Latif Abdel-Karim titled “The Azhar’s expression of opinion is not the reason for the terrorism and tourism crisis,” Al-Qahera, August 26, 2003. In this article Abdel-Latif Abdel-Karim comments on an article by Gamal Al-Banna: “For the...
Date of source: Friday, August 29, 2003
A member of the Islamic Research Institute suggested new conditions for examining books before giving permission for publishing. The author gives a summary of these conditions and comments on the call to minimize the role of religious institutions in examining and reviewing religious books.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 26, 2003
The author comments on an article by Gamal Al-Banna in which he called upon the Azhar to “forget about banning books for the sake of Egypt.” The author argues in favor of the Azhar giving its opinion concerning religious books. “It is not the Azhar’s rejection of a certain book that creates...
Date of source: Monday, August 18, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar called on the youth, who misunderstand Islam and think that extremism is something good, to reconsider their ideologies through dialogue with Muslim scholars
Date of source: Tuesday, August 19, 2003
Egyptian authorities hold talks with the US to release a Copt detained by US forces at the Egyptian church in Baghdad.
Date of source: Monday, August 18, 2003
US forces in Iraq released four Egyptian Copts detained since July 19 during an US attack on the Egyptian Church in Baghdad. The four Copts were charged with possessing weapons without permission.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim said that the war on Iraq has been a warning sign for undemocratic regimes in the world and that it may encourage political reform in the Middle East region.
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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.