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Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2002
Articles by seven journalists showing different aspects of a plan to halt Egypt’s development. First there are the tapes of preachers designed to influence all sectors of society. The Islamic shari’a was then used to try and facilitate building on agricultural land, thus harming the economy. The...
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2002
Changing the way prayers are called for is part of reforming the religious discourse. In the past prayers were called for by gentle voices and without loudspeakers. Now, they are called for by harsh voices and through loud speakers. People asked whether they could listen to prayer calls through a...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 3, 2002
The mufti of Egypt said that the Palestinian resistance operations are martyrdom operations and even more elevated than this. He added that the religious discourse should be reconsidered, not to satisfy America but because it has been very superficial for long time.
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Muslim intellectual Sayyed Al-Qimni believes that considering Islam as the official religion of the State implies the existence of other informal religions, a situation which signifies the exclusion from all citizenship rights of holders of other religions. Whenever a sectarian problem arises,...
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: Saturday, March 9, 2002
Sheikh Attiya Saqr issued a fatwa to the effect that shaking hands between men and women is haram [religiously forbidden], as men touches the hands of women with the aim of satisfying their desires. Some Azhar professors and Islamic thinkers believed the fatwa to be strange and extremist.
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2002
Religious laws do not determine or command the formation of a nation in a political sense. The concept of political nation, as understood today, is not mentioned in the Qur’an. After the reign of the Orthodox Caliphs, people who wanted power and authority started using Qur’anic verses to find a...
Date of source: Monday, December 16, 2002
The author criticizes some of the points Tareq Heqi brings up in his letter. She disagrees with him that Copts are the original inhabitants of Egypt and that Arabs existence in Andalus [Spain] was no more than the French occupation of Algeria. She criticizes him for supporting America’s attacks on...
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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.