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Date of source: Tuesday, November 23, 1999
The Muslim people yesterday marked the mid-Sha’ban Night (Sha’ban being one of the 12 months of the Hijra calendar). However, some people believe that the mid-Sha’ban Night ceremony is bed’aa (a religious ceremony not practiced or recommended by Prophet Mohammed).
Date of source: Sunday, November 21, 1999
An Egyptian Gazette comment on the interview of al-Musawwar with sheikh Tantawi.
The Gazette praises Tantawi for his cautious attitude.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
Five Algerian soldiers, three of them officers, were killed in two attacks by suspected Islamic extremists who injured nine other people including civilians Algerian newspapers reported November 7.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
The military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas threatened on November 6 to renew attacks in response to Israel’s Jewish settlement policies. The statement containing the warning was issued two days before Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization began talks on November 8.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
The student union elections held on 2 November have elicited little more than a yawn, if indeed they were noticed at all. The glory days of campus politics have long since passed, or so it would seem.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
The presidential decree of October 27 sending 20 arrested members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood to military court has provoked a number of protests in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 1999
Thousands of Egyptian Muslims clamored into tents set up at Abbasiya’s Youth Center on November 7 to find out if this year would be the chance to fulfill one of their most important religious obligations.
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 1999
The Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar, Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, has backed down from a month-old fatwa (legal opinion) that shook both the business community and ordinary Muslims who might want to buy a home.
Date of source: Thursday, November 4, 1999
With just two months to go before the start of the new millennium, Israel is bracing itself for an influx of Christian cranks, who at best see the date as heralding the return of the Messiah and the Last Judgment and at worst are suspected of wanting to hasten these events.
Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 1999
Several places where the Holy Family stayed on its route through our country did not get much media attention. Among these places are the mountains of Ansena and that of Assiut where the caves occupied by the Holy Family were later occupied by monks. Again later monasteries and churches were built...
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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.