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Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2004
In reply to questions posed by AUC students, the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, reaffirmed his fatwa that bank profits are legal in Islam (Halal), wether the interest rate is fixed or changeable according to profit and loss accounts. He added that he deposits his own money at a...
Date of source: Saturday, October 16, 2004
October magazine questioned the minister of Awqaf, Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, on a number of issues related to Islamic Da’wa [call to Islam] and other religious matters.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In this interview Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Azhar, answers questions about Islamic-Christian dialogue, developing the religious discourse, Azhar education, rights of women in Islam and others.
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
The Ibn Khaldoun Center has issued a press release attacking the Azhar and its Grand Imam as the head of the most powerful religious institution in the Muslim world.
The brazen release came in direct response to statements made by Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Rai Al-...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
The Clerical Council for Civil Affairs deals with the civil and personal issues pertaining to Orthodox Copts both inside and outside Egypt. The large amount of cases has constituted an immense burden on clergymen working in it, in turn transforming the Clerical Council to something resembling a...
Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2004
After a year and a half of being shut down by the Scotland Yard police, the Finsbury Park Mosque was reopened yesterday and Friday prayers were held there. Supporters of Egyptian fundamentalist Abu Hamza [Al-Masry] who is wanted in the United States, established their control over it instantly...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
The propaganda war waged against Islam in Europe and the West has taken several shapes in order to attain its objectives, like intensification, repetition and exaggeration so that a news item remains a burning issue, haunts minds all the time and forms a public opinion in a way that intensifies...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
Veiled broadcasters banned from appearance on the Egyptian television screen, demanded that Dr. Mamdouh Al-Beltagi, Minister of Information, cancel the ban thus allowing them to return to work.
Broadcasters also complained of prejudices suffered from Zeynab Sweidan, head of Television, who...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
We wonder why Pope Shenouda did not investigate Zakariya Botros’s insults against Islam. Accountant and researcher in Coptic affairs Kamal Zakhir Moussa says that the church has to declare its official stance towards Zakariya Botros. He also asks Pope Shenouda to be more definite and transparent...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 28, 2004
The international organization of the Muslim Brotherhood was influenced tangibility by the regional and international changes caused by the attacks of September 11. What is the story of the International organization, problems and internal conflicts it triggered inside the Brotherhood?
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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.