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Date of source: Friday, June 16, 2006
Muhammad Rabī‘a discusses the growing phenomenon of ‘militias’ of men
and women accusing
people of unbelief and criticizing their dress on the public transport system.
Date of source: Friday, June 16, 2006
The author
tackles the recent myths and juggleries in Islamic discourse which deform the Islamic image before the
world,
urging the Azhar to deal with this serious problem.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Islamic thinker Jamāl al-Bannā said in this interview with Ākhir Sā‘a magazine that there is nothing in Islam called hadd al-ridda, which he deems as harmful to the tolerance and freedom of Islam, asserting that keeping the power of thought defunct will have unfavorable results.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Shaykh Tantāwī of the
Azhar denied in an
interview that the top Sunni Muslim institution is incapable of fulfilling its role, indicating
that the
Azhar is no longer sending a good number of teachers to Arab and Islamic countries purely for economic
reasons.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Despite the considerable number
of fatwas
allowing bank dealings, some Muslims argue that bank interest is an adjusted form of usury
[Reviewer:
Ribā], which Islam regards as a major sin.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Tawfīq Hanna rereads Mahfouz’s
novel ‘Awlād
Hāritna [Children of the Alley] from America where he lives. This novel is a
protest against all forms
of oppression and injustice.
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
The exact whereabouts of Wafā’ Costantine, the priest’s wife who allegedly converted to Islam one and a half years ago, is still unknown, Fādī Habashī writes.
Date of source: Monday, June 12, 2006
The Iranian writer, Bahrām Bīdā‘ī, expressed in his play
“The book of Shaykh Shizrīn" the crisis of a society dominated by a self-interested religious
group
which exercises its influence to convict and eliminate anyone who has a difference of opinion.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The al-‘Assāl sons were the sons of a Coptic family who were
interested in science, literature and legislation, and who occupied vital positions in the Islamic era.
Date of source: Friday, June 9, 2006
Although the
fatwa of Dr. Ali Jum‘a permits non-Muslim mothers to get custody of their Muslim
children
regardless of their age, many jurists refuse to allow children over the age of seven to remain with their
mothers.
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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.