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Date of source: Saturday, October 12, 2002 to Friday, October 18, 2002
The tradition of the niqab has become widespread in Egypt, especially in poor quarters. The niqab is an inherited tradition and not a pillar of the Islamic faith. It was transmitted to Egypt from some Islamic and Arabic countries that live by the traditions of nomadic life and not by the orders of...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
Majdī Khalīl criticizes Muslim extremists who he believes are leading the Arab and Muslim world to backwardness and preventing them from keeping up with modernization.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
The author wonders in this article how Egypt, which has always been a paradigm of Muslim-Christian coexistence, came down to witness modern aspects of discrimination between followers of the two faiths.
Date of source: Friday, January 27, 2006
Labīb suggests that Islamic civilization has remained silent about the institutional structure that should shoulder the responsibility of ensuring that power is not abused. It has also never acknowledged political plurality, and there have been zero efforts to get the people to participate in...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 20, 2004
The book, Islam and Dialogue written by Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq and translated by Dr. Mustafa Maher, discusses the idea of reform as an Islamic duty that should be reached through ijtihad and reason, and not just by replicating historical incidents.
Date of source: Friday, June 3, 2005
The talk about developing the religious discourse did not end. It is exposed to contemporary ideas and affairs instead of being locked up in histories that are no longer applicable.
Date of source: Saturday, July 27, 2002
Rose El-Youssef’s special file for this week contains an interview with Abdullah Annas, a pioneering Arab Afghan and articles on new preachers, how terrorists have exploited cassette tapes to spread their ideas, the Prophet’s perception of terrorism, the Brotherhood’s perception of women, the issue...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 26, 2003
The author comments on an article by Gamal Al-Banna in which he called upon the Azhar to “forget about banning books for the sake of Egypt.” The author argues in favor of the Azhar giving its opinion concerning religious books. “It is not the Azhar’s rejection of a certain book that creates...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Prof. Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi joined the board of advisors of the RNSAW/AWR from the first day it started in 1997. He has been extremely helpful in explaining Islamic subjects and making it possible to meet with the Sheikh al-Azhar, the Minister of Awqaf and numerous Muslim scholars. He is both a...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 17, 2004
The Muslim Brotherhood declared their initiative during a press conference last week. Public opinion linked the Muslim Brotherhood initiative to the Greater Middle East initiative, drafted by the United States. Some people think that the initiative was issued at this particular time to send a...
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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.