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Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Today, many unqualified sheikhs are issuing fatwas [Muslim religious opinions or decrees given by a Mufti or another Muslim scholar. Based on Islamic Law and logical measurement] for purely personal purposes. They sometimes even issue contradictory fatwas that really reflect their deep ignorance.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 2004
In an interview with the Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, he answers questions about foreign interference in Islamic issues in Egypt, renewal of religious discourse.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In Dr. Hamdi Zaqzouq’s new book “Al-Ialam wa qadaya al-Hewar" [Islam and issues of dialogue] he is calling for renewal and freedom of mind as well as a new vision to religious concepts. - See art. 1: A lawsuit against Egyptian scriptwriter Usama Anwar Okasha for offending a Companion of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In this interview Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Azhar, answers questions about Islamic-Christian dialogue, developing the religious discourse, Azhar education, rights of women in Islam and others.
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
The Islamic Shura concept is similar to Western democracy in that both are based on public opinion, power that is within the hands of the ruler and the monitoring of rulers. Both notions acknowledge the idea of dividing power into three areas; executive authority, legislative authority, and...
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2004
When a website reported that a Chechen leader announced his responsibility for the hostage-taking operation of the students of a Russian school, he was actually introducing a new approach of war in Islam that Muslim scholars were very much opposed to. Taking hostages and making some demands in...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Many people believe that Azharite professors should be our only source of knowledge, accusing other scholars of being unqualified to deliver the same religious message. An Azharite professor, Dr. Abdel Sabour Marzouq, asserts that it is not right to confine preaching to a specific category. “There...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
The Grand Mufti stated that jizya should be imposed on non-Orthodox Christians living in Egypt. He confirmed that jizya is deeply rooted in Fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence]. We must differentiate, however, between Orthodox Christians; Egyptian citizens, and other Christian denominations, including...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2004
Fatwa-making is a very serious task at the time religion has such an uncompetitive influence on human beings. Recently, Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi was harshly criticized for fawas that was incorrectly attributed to him. In the coming interview, Sheikh Al-Qaradawi answers questions about the fiqh [...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
The American authorities canceled my entry visa into the US-without any explanations- after I had been granted it. I was accused with all sorts of accusations that I am an oppositional personality and that I have links with extremists and that I am anti-Semitic and look down on women. When I asked...
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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.