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Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Many intellectuals in the Arab and Islamic world are killed in the name of defending Islam. Muslims should stand firmly against such crimes because of their dangerous effects on Islam and on people’s security, freedom of belief and right of ijtihad.
Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2004
The author [a Muslim intellectual] writes about a debate that took part between him and a member of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya on change of educational curricula in Muslim countries. The debate was aired by Al-Jazeera satellite channel on February 17, 2004. Sheikhs in Egyptian mosques continued the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 21, 2004
The Supreme State Security Court in Cairo is due to hear the case of the Islamic Liberation Party [Hizb al-Tahrir] on the 25th of this month. Three British citizens are among the suspects in this case. The Liberation Party resumed its activities after the end of fundamentalist activities due to two...
Date of source: Friday, March 26, 2004
The second meeting of the Conference on Recent [Topics] in Islamic Thought, organized by the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf [Endowments], witnessed a hot debate about the possibility of renewing fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] terminology concerning jihad and international relations. The conference, the...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
The women preachers worked actively last week in the underground carriages to collect signatures of women to support a petition against commercials and video clips in which girls dance in a sensual way.
The woman preachers tell the women that they belong to Al-Amein Institute for Preparing...
Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Religious programs in which views make their questions on air are full of trivial questions. The audience of these programs shows unusual courage in revealing the most specific details of their personal life.
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2004
The phenomenon of the new preachers who were imposed on us as muftis is worthy of thorough examination. We need to know where those preachers received their training and how many accredited books each of them has authored? We need to know whether a preacher is able to give fatwas. Everybody has the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 2004
Among the grievances long placed ‘on hold’ in Egypt is the attitude of state administrative and security apparatuses towards citizens who practice their right to convert from their original to another religious faith. If a Christian converts to Islam, officials welcome him or her with open arms and...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
The theology of liberation is considered the most notable movement against the capitalist system and traditional beliefs and ideas inside the church.
The theology of liberation is in conflict with the traditional ideas inside the church, not a religious conflict but a political conflict.
The...
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
One trigger of sectarian crises in Egypt is journalistic writing that lacks political responsibility and professionalism. Some articles focus on the sectarian side of a story and cite exaggerated explanations of statements made by religious men, politicians, intellectuals, or artists. Also,...
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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.