Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2005
The Church’s non-recognition of civil divorce and its subsequent refusal to authorize marriage for a second time
is in fact a very sensitive issue and must be settled once and for all.
The problem facing Christians is due to an
absence of dialogue and intellectual liaison between the Church and...
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Words are mightier than the sword. They are the
weapons that the enemies use to spread rumors and undermine the stability of an unruffled country. This is the explanation
for what has been happening for the last few days when rumors spread about a bomb in the campus of cAyn Shams University.
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2005
Muslims have to admit that they
themselves treat Islam unfairly, rather than accuse the West of offending Islam. Muslims have never let their voices be heard
nor assumed their responsibility in explaining and defending Islam.
London university professor Fred Halliday defends
Islam, but also...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Dr. Ahmad al
-Tayyib, President of the Azhar University, talks in al-Musawwar about the legality of a woman leading prayer, the Western
demands for a change in the Azhar curricula, and reports that Jihād verses were omitted from the Azhar curricula.
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
Marginalizing religious syllabus
The
Ministry of Education has made art an essential subject in the school syllabi that is calculated in the overall grade, while
the religious education subject is not. When students find out that the religious education subject is not of vital
importance to the...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
In a final statement at the end of the first round of dialogue between the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue
(IIFD), ulamā’, and Middle Eastern priests, they all concurred to having the interfaith and intercultural dialogue a
religious duty incumbent on the followers of both religions.
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Shoura Council member Nabīl Luqā
Bibāwī has recently authored a book entitled Islām al-Aqbāt wa Ictināq al-Muslimīn Lil Dīn
al-Masīhī…al-Hal al-Jazrī [Coptic conversion to Islam and Muslim to Christianity…a radical solution]. In his
book, Bibāwī suggested the formation of a committee that would...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
A Christian-Muslim Dialogue Group from Europe
explored Muslim-Christian relations in Upper Egypt and found a very different picture from what is usually reported in
Western media.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Shaykh Ahmad al-Husaynī Subh explained that any dā‘īya is an imam, but not all the imams are dā‘iyas.
For an imam to be considered a dā‘iya, it takes familiarity with all the sciences, through intensive readings, and
acquiring interpersonal skills in a way that enables him to convey his message.
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
In this interview, the Secretary General of the
Orgnization of the Islamic conference, speaks about his personal life, his position, how he was chosen as secretary general,
and the Islamic role of his institution.