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Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 2004
Due to his interest in Islamic sciences and profound search for the essence of Islam, Judge Edwar Ghali Al-Dahabi, former head of State Lawsuits Authority, was granted the first-class medal of science and art during the celebrations of the Birthday of Prophet Muhammad in 1994 to be the first Copt...
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2004
In less than two months I have heard the talk about the jizya [tax on non-Muslims under a Muslim government] taking place twice from our honorable scholars.
I tried as much as I could to avoid involvement in this thorny issue but finally I realized that the return of this sectarian undertone to...
Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 2004
Moving from one chapter to another in Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin’s book My Father Adam, a reader is overwhelmed with shocking lines and the worst of them all was the content of the fourth chapter titled Satan’s Attitude on Prostration.
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2004
Jurisprudential controversy over bank interest is back again with a fatwa of the Grand Imam of the Azhar saying interests are halal [lawful according to the Islamic shari’a] whether they are fixed in advance or not. However, bank interest is still a hot issue for many religious scholars.
Date of source: Thursday, November 4, 2004
Scholars got together at the Forum for Islamic Thought that is organized by the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Awqaf [religious Endowments]. They discussed many points and stressed that Islam is a form of tolerance God revealed to the world and that it is not in need of...
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2004
The purpose behind making Shari’a a source of legislation is because it is a fully developed legal system acknowledged by the international law assemblies. Since the Shari’a includes various concepts, it should be subject to well-formulated legal rules as Shari’a here is the source of legislation,...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 9, 2004
A group of Arab intellectuals intend to bring suit against Muslim sheikhs notorious for their instigating of violence fatwas with the accusation of encouraging terrorism. 3000 Arab and Muslim intellectuals from Iraq, Jordan, Libya, Syria, Tunisia and the Gulf signed a memorandum for this purpose....
8. Al-Wasat [Middle] Party is not a substitute for the Brotherhood and we have nothing to do with it
Date of source: Thursday, November 4, 2004
Dr. Abu Al-Ela Madi, deputy of the founders of Al-Wasat Al-Gadid Party [New Middel Party] refuses associating between his party and the Brotherhood, saying that the Brotherhood is pursuing a different path. He stresses that the Wasat Party is not the lawful cover of the Brotherhood.
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2004
Dr. Rifa’at Al-Said’s recent yet-another-controversial book “Hassan Al-Banna, the armed sheikh” is focusing on the moment when the da’wa [Call to Islam] via wisdom and affability turns into armed violence. This sums up the idea of the book considering many people’s defense of Hassan Al-Banna, on...
Date of source: Monday, November 1, 2004
In a previous issue we have published the complete story of the banishment of Archpriest Bulis Aweida from the seven-story St. Marina Church in Shubra. The congregation then resorted to clerics in order to have the priest back to the church.
We were not in fact supporting any side against the...
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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.