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Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2005
It is high time that a fatwa was issued judging Usāma Bin Lādin and his disciples non-Muslims. We actually need a spate of counter-fatwas to confirm that Islam condemns violence against the innocent.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
Nothing competes with the fatwa-issuing business in Egypt. Television, newspapers and the internet are stuffed with fame-craving shaykhs wrestling with differences in opinion about religious issues.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
The fatwa issued by the Muftī concerning the assassination of Ihāb al-Sharīf, the Egyptian envoy in Iraq, has triggered questions about the political role of the jurist institution in Egypt and the Islamic world, as well as the limits and rights of jurists.
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
The Azhar scholars’ front, which Dr. Tantāwi had disbanded, has re-emerged. It was a major obstacle for Dr. Tantāwi’s decisions regarding the development of educational methods at the Azhar and also for the fatwa he issues.
Date of source: Sunday, July 24, 2005
All religious and atheist people agree that killing oneself with the objective of killing dozens of civilian victims is not justified by any heavenly religion. All religions assert the sanctity of the human soul and forbid killing. Suicide is a sign of how far a person is from God and humanity.
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2005
There are more than 32 Christian satellite channels in the world directed at Egypt and the Middle East. The number of Islamic channels is continuously increasing. It is as if they are in satellite competition.
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005
When Dr. Amīna Wadoud designated herself as an Imām, leading the “American” Muslims who followed her, in a Friday prayer in New York, the Arabic and Islamic world flamed up with rage. The ulemas flared up and their appetites for issuing fatwas increased.
Date of source: Thursday, June 9, 2005 to Wednesday, June 15, 2005
The Muslim Brotherhood had a long history of political assassinations, going back to the 1930s and 1940s. At that time, it only took a fatwa to go ahead, and it was a source of pride to commit an act of assassination.
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2005
After the loss of Palestine to the Jews, the intellectual silence was followed by trials to wake the conscience of the nation. That was visible in Turkey, when the Association of Unity and Advancement revolted against the silence of the Ottoman Sultān.
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2005
Changes in the selection criteria for AWR.
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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.