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Throughout its long history, the major religious institution in Egypt, the Azhar, has been known for its neutral moderate stance on the different issues on the Egyptian political domain. In recent years, however, Azhar scholars have increasingly featured on the political scene.
Date of source: Friday, November 25, 2005
The author discusses the true meaning and the causes and justifications of jihād in Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005
In a symposium cosponsored by the Kuwaiti Information Office and the newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat, participants from the Arab world as well as the West shared their thoughts and ideas about terrorism and its origins.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005
In the aftermath of the recent terrorist bombings that rocked Jordan and caused widespread public outrage, thousands of Jordanians took to the streets to protest against leader of al-Qā‘ida in Iraq, Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī, who has defended the attacks.
Date of source: Friday, November 18, 2005
The article seeks to define jihād and dispel common misconceptions in the West about the concept, using the arguments of German orientalist Sigrid Hunke.
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2005
After an elaborate praise of the pope the author lists violence directed against Copts. He rejected Egyptian media coverage that often describes violence as "unfortunate incidents,” "a clash provoked by both sides” and "acts of violence carried out by extremists from both sides”. Not once did they...
Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2005
The author argues that the word jihād was mentioned in the Qur’ān in the sense of exerting utmost efforts in all fields of life, not only the battlefield, whereas Christianity has a long history of holy wars between the Protestants and the Catholics.
Date of source: Thursday, November 10, 2005
A few days ago, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī issued a decision barring 15,000 American books from the American University in Cairo.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005
The Danish anti-terrorism act, enacted following the September 11 attacks, has been applied for the first time on a Muslim Moroccan charged with instigating jihād.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2005
Mixing Islamic jihād with terrorism and fighting goes back centuries before the September 11 attacks.
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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.