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Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
The author of a book criticizing the late, and very popular Sheikh Al-Sharaawi,
responds to what he deems as four false accusations against him.
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
In the recent speech made the dean of the Al-Azhar Islamic Theology Faculty, he called for a new Islamic jurisprudence, accusing the jurists of today of not thinking over the religious issues. This writer cautions that because the dean is a professor of philosophy he has no right to discuss the...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
The theological Islamic scholars warn against the sudden movement of ijtihaad [independent judgment on religious issues] that might arouse civil strife among the Muslims and the scholars. Dr. Abd Al-Sabour Marzouq, the secretary general of the Council of Islamic Affairs, says that the one who...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 1999
The International Islamic Conference began today under the supervision of President Hosni Mubarak. In the opening session of the conference, President Mubarak confirmed the importance of the unity of the Islamic world. 75 countries are participating in this conference in addition to 188...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 1999
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin, who accused who previously filed a Hesba case against Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid accusing him of apostasy and causing the handing down of a judicial verdict divorcing Zaid from his wife, Dr. Ibtihaal Younnes, a development which led Abu Zaid and his family to emigrate from...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 1999
The author does not believe in the intercession of the Prophet Mohammed for believers on the Day of Judgment and he gives three proofs for his stance.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 26, 1999
[Also repeated in Al-Ahrar May 26, 1999]
Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, the State Mufti of Egypt, says there is no dispute over the intercession of the Prophet Mohammed for Muslims on the Day of Judgment and gives two Qur’anic references to back his stance.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 1999
An answer to an article written in Al-Ahram on May 5, 1999 by Dr. Mustafa Mahmoud in which he said that intercession [by the Prophet Mohammed for Muslims on the Day of Judgment] is not valid and this is because the holy verses [in the Qur’an] contradict the Hadith.
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 1999 to Friday, May 28, 1999
Fundamentalists are now spreading the slogan "The veil is a duty equal to prayers" by stamping it in red on 50-piaster notes.
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 1999 to Friday, May 28, 1999
In Alexandria, Mohammed Ibrahim Mahfouz, an ex-chairman of an Alexandria maritime company and the holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy, claims to be God and the prophet Mohammed. He says people should pray towards him, and that the Hajj can be made at his apartment instead of going to Makkah...
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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.