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Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2006
Ahmad Khālid continues his series of articles answering the pope’s controversial
declarations against Islām. In his fourth article he asserts that Islām is a religion of truth that exalts God
above everything. Islām, like Christianity before it, came to fulfill the world’s needs.
Date of source: Saturday, October 21, 2006 to Friday, October 27, 2006
The author deals with
the address delivered by President Husnī Mubārak on the
occasion of Laylat al-Qadr, in which
he urged scholars to pursue a contemporary religious discourse
that will help spread the principles of tolerance.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The review discusses the 100th anniversary of the birth of Hasan al-Bannā, the founder and first guide of the Muslim Brotherhood organization, and counterarguments that al-Bannā was not angry about the 1940s assassination of Judge al- Khāzindār. It also describes the parliamentary battle between...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The minister of Awqāf announces the launching of a unified call to prayer by
the end of 2006.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
This interview with the Muftī of Egypt deals with the issue
of female circumcision,
which the Muslim cleric said is not a religious duty. In certain cases it could be
considered to be a punishable
crime because of the assault it makes on the human body.
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2006
In this interview, the minister of religious
endowments
warns of "foolish acts" by some Muslims, which he says could pose a real threat to the Muslim
nation, stressing
that the niqāb is a tradition and not a religious duty.
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2006
The author discusses arguments
about wearing jilbāb and a
long beard, with Muslim scholars stating that these are not a religious
duty.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006 to Friday, October 20, 2006
Karam Jabr asserts the importance of limiting
mosques’ role to worship and supports the
recent law banning demonstrations from being held in mosques.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
The author discusses Muslim unity. He states that the many meetings and
conferences held have not brought about any effectual results. The current danger in the Islamic world is
that some
Muslim schools are trying to use Islam to gain Muslims’ compassion to achieve political
authority.
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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.