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Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The vice president of the Egyptian Council for Human Rights, Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, presented a list of constitutional amendments. In response, many voices in and outside the council claimed that these demands were not of the council’s authority. The Egyptian press described the council’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
After a phase of depression Pope Shenouda fell and broke his “hand” [Reviewer: the Arabic
word used is “hand,” but the saying, “break one’s hand” in Arabic can refer to any part of the arm or the hand.].
He will resume his usual duties though, amidst calls for a minor holy assembly to govern...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The author suggests in this article
that the government is targeting the independent newspapers because their professional performance has disclosed
the "national" press and stirred public opinion against corruption.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The article deals with the issue of imprisonment of journalists, namely Ibrāhīm
‘Īsā, the former editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper al-Dustūr, as
the author suggests that the government is partially in favor of jailing independent and partisan journalists.
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: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Wa’il ‘Uthman discusses the fasting requirements
for
Muslims traveling or ill.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Dr. Muhammad al-Mahdī
criticizes satellite channels that invite unqualified Muslim preachers to their
programs to respond to
people’s questions on religious issues. He also criticizes Muslims who waste time
raising trivial religious
issues.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
A Christian missionary converted to Islam after reading the Qur’ān
with the intention to find
mistakes that could help him to invite Muslims to convert to Christianity. He wrote an
important book on the
issue.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Sunnī, Shī‘ah and all
other Islamic doctrines
agree that the Holy Qur’ān is the same book delivered to the Prophet
Muhammad without any slight
difference in ideas, style or words.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
A research team from Georgetown University in the United
States has published
a new encyclopaedia of the Qur’ān in five volumes. The encyclopaedia permits
researchers of
Islamic studies to figure out concepts, places names and personalities mentioned in the Holy
Qur’
an.
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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.