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Date of source: Thursday, March 24, 2005
Before the opening of the Forth General Conference of Journalists in 2004, President Husnī Mubārak had declared his historical initiative of canceling imprisonment for publishing [or journalism] related crimes. Journalists are extremely worried because the status quo remains even after a year...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2005
Al-Usbou‘ of March 14, 2005 has severely attacked without any sense of decorum the organizations that received a one-million-dollar grant from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.
The paper even accused recipients of the grant of “betraying the nation” and the ministry of social affairs of slackness as to...
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
The West has always viewed the Middle Eastern mentality as one that does not value precision and, consequently, cannot recognize the facts. While Europeans’ mentalities are naturally inclined to precision, accuracy, and logical thinking even though they may never have studied logic.
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
Azhar education has remained unchanged and undeveloped for a long time in accordance with an axiom that the seventh century in the Arabian Peninsula was the best of times ever. Through the ages, the Azhar has also proved so lenient as to change with the developments.
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2005
Before I talk about the advising sessions held for those who wish to convert to Islam, I would like to tell a story that may help explain the importance of such sessions to the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2005
The Islamic state? A contradiction in terms. Jihad? Far too much emphasis these days on military action. A requirement that women wear a veil? A quaint leftover from pre-Muslim times that is not mandated by Islam.
These and other observations by Gamal Banna, an 84-year-old Egyptian author, have...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2005
I have read a lot of what Dr. Zaghloul al-Najjār wrote about scientific miracles contained in the Qur’ān and his recurrent citing of theories by foreign scientists, who, I believe, did not say what they have said just to prove the miraculous verses of the Qur’ān.
Date of source: Thursday, March 17, 2005
In an interview with al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī, Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at al-Azhar University, Dr. Sucād Sālih contended that her selection as a member of the World Union of Muslim Scholars is an acknowledgement of women’s rights granted by Islam 14 centuries ago. She stressed that...
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
Fatwa stars lock horns on satellite stations
Cyber fatwas have become an enchanting theme as to know what is right and what is wrong.
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
Islamic fundamentalism in the sense of being a dogma can be summarized in: the world is divided into nations of Islam and nations of war, the world is either jahīlīya [pre-Islam] or hākimīya [the application of the sharī‘a and strict observance of God’s commands]. Armed jihād is a must to establish...
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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.