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Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Residents of al-Khusūs have confirmed that the majority of the Muslims arrested have no connection to the event and were arrested unjustly after security forces stormed their homes and threatened the families with weapons.
Maj. Gen. Mahmūd Yusrī, Director of al-Qalyubia Security Department, denied...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 9, 2013
On the contrary, young Muslims and Christians have organized a march in this area and called for Muslims and Copts being “one hand”. An investigation of the clashes in Khusūs has already started (al-Walīd Ismā’īl and Hasan Sālih, al-Watan, Apr. 9, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 to Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The article is based on a listing of articles that tackle two controversial fatwás issued by two prominent Islamic scholars. The first Fatwá was issued by Dr. ‘Izzat ‘Atīyah, the head of the Hadīth Department of the Faculty of Usūl al-Dīn [Fundamentals of Religion] at the Azhar University. The...
Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2002
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author criticizes the opinion of the Creed and Philosophy Committee that the apostate is to be given a lifetime
chance to renounce his apostate ideas. He lists Qur’ān verses stating that apostates should be killed. He
believes it is dangerous to alleviate non-negotiable rules and change the...
Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2006
The author thinks that some rulers of the Arab and Islamic work for the benefit of Western countries, regardless of their own people’s feelings. He writes about how a French ship, loaded with polluting substances, has been allowed to pass through the Suez Canal, and the mawlid of Abu Hasīra, which...
Date of source: Saturday, December 13, 2003
The author criticizes the recent decision taken by foreign outside ??/ authorities to abolish cancel places of worship in schools , religious buildings such as, mosques and places for prayers in schools He wonders why a school, as a place for education and naturally a place for music, art, and...
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2003
The author comments on an article by poet A.A.H. [Ahmed Abdel-Mo´ti Hegazi is meant] titled "We need a new fiqh." The article of Hegazi was published in Al-Ahram and tackled the issue of renewing the religious discourse. He argues against Hegazi´s proposal for renewing the religious...
Date of source: Saturday, August 2, 2003
The writer criticizes the orders and instructions given to interfere in and change any single item related to religion.
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
The veil is a dress code that is deemed acceptable in appearance and content- whether it was essentially based on religious reasons or not. Every person- man or woman- is free to dress as he pleases and follow whatever fashion he likes. So the question remains: why do we freak out and tend to...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
I think that the Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeid did not consult the Grand Imam of the Azhar before making his decision that orders stopping the building of Azharite Institutes and bring some of them under the authority of the Ministry of Education.
The Azhar graduated thousands of renowned scholars...
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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