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Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
In a study published in Al-Manar [the Minaret] Magazine under the title “the transitions of the Egyptian Islamic movement and its future”, Dr. Kamal Al-Sa’id Habib, a political researcher and one of the founders of the Jihad group, reviews the history of the Islamic movement in Egypt since the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
The term of “religious freedom” still triggers debate and disagreement. What about religious freedom concerning conversion from Islam and embracing another religion?
How Islamic fiqh [jurisprudence] deals with rida [apostasy from Islam]? All these question and others are answered by the moderate...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
A number of leading figures of the Wafd Party met with some members of the Guidance Bureau of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood at the Wafd’s headquarters. The meeting, which lasted for two hours, comes after the failure of the Brotherhood’s negotiation with the Tagammu Party and the Nasserist Party...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
“Non-Muslims in an Islamic society” is a book written by Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi in 1982. The book is a study based on science and thought and focuses on fiqh and history. It examines the legal status of non-Muslims in Islamic societies in all aspects of life. In his book, Al-Qaradawi does not...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
I think that the Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeid did not consult the Grand Imam of the Azhar before making his decision that orders stopping the building of Azharite Institutes and bring some of them under the authority of the Ministry of Education.
The Azhar graduated thousands of renowned scholars...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
The whole world is watching us and observing what are we achieving in terms of reform, especially with regards to freedom of expression. We will not stand by helplessly hoping that an internal reform [of the Azhar] is achieved. The Azhar has long been a place for spreading enlightenment and...
3. Carrying out Colin Powell’s initiative: A plan to Americanize the religious discourse of Muslims!
Date of source: Monday, January 13, 2003
The American administration finished the draft of a project called "Developing religious discourse." The project aims for developing religious discourse in Arab countries. The suggested project will be linked with the American aid to Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
The dilemma of Riddah
[apostasy] occupied the Muslim society in the past and present. Some people believe that there is
no punishment for apostasy at all. Others believe that the punishment for apostasy should be
harsh, citing the single hadith in the Prophetic Sunna about apostasy [if anyone...
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2004
The heated
controversy in Egypt over the statements of the writer Usama Anwar Okasha has been escalated. In
a press article, Okasha attacked the Companion of the Prophet Amr Ibn Al-‘As and made some
accusations against him, which some people considered an insult to Amr Ibn Al-‘As.
- See art. 7...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 27, 2004
The article is about a research discussed during the second Saudi National dialogue
Conference held in Riyadh a few weeks ago. The research is on the role of curricula of Sharia
sciences in Saudi public schools in promoting religious extremism and the culture of violence
against non-Muslims and...
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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.