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Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2002
The tragedy of Muslim societies is that religion is not separated from life, in a way that serves human progress nor is it part of life, in a way that makes of religion an intellectual and enlightened energy against whatever suppresses man, whether political or economic or religious authorities.
Date of source: Saturday, February 9, 2002
The origin of religion is that it connects humanity with divinity and links humankind with the universe. Religion requires certain rituals. Most people perform those rituals as if they are ends, rather than being a means to an end, which is connecting the human to the divine. Religiosity is not...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Dr. Nabil Luka Bebawi believes that President Mubarak is the master of national unity in Egypt and that the problems of Copts are domestic problems that should be solved internally without any foreign intervention. He said that there is no religious persecution in Egypt as some people claim.
Date of source: Saturday, December 21, 2002
The author believes that Muslims should reevaluate their understanding and practice of Islam. He believes the reason for their defeat in many fields is because they judge everything through the eyes of Islam. Confessing defeat and accepting criticism would be a sincere beginning towards victory.
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2002
Dr. Nawal Al-Saadawi leads a campaign against male circumcision. The sixth international conference of the Association of the Solidarity of Arab Women, she presides over, showed a scientific film about the circumcision operations on male babies and warned against the dangerous consequences of such...
Date of source: Saturday, January 19, 2002
Eight members of an organization have been accused of disseminating extremist thoughts based on distorting the Islamic religion and opposing its teachings. These thoughts deny all practices of pilgrimage. They also claim that real fasting should be practiced in the month of Sha’ban instead of the...
Date of source: Friday, September 12, 2003
The article is an interview with the Egyptian Minister of Endowments about the religious discourse in Egypt. He denied what has been reported lately about the intention of the ministry to unify the Friday sermons. He stressed that renewing the religious discourse is needed and that the ministry has...
Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2003
The Minister of Endowments denied that Egypt listened to American pressures regarding unifying Friday sermons in all mosques. Still, his denial does not deny the fact that the US plays a role in that concern.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 6, 2003
The Minister of Endowments denied all reports by international news agencies and papers concerning the interference of Egyptian authorities. This is in regard to specifying the subject matter to be preached in Friday sermons as a result of foreign pressure.
Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2003
“Islam on line” web site reported that the Egyptian Ministry of Endowments decided to unify and specify the subject matter to be preached in Friday sermons. This is to avoid “destructive and extremist” sermons that urge hatred for the US and Israel.
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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.