Displaying 91 - 100 of 243.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
The article deals with Bahā’ism in Egypt and the attempts by the followers of this faith to obtain official recognition, particularly in light of a recent court ruling holding that the Ministry of Interior ministry should grant them identity cards in which their religion is registered.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The
review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt in the light of a recent court
ruling
allowing their religion to be included in official documents like identity cards, passports or birth
certificates,
amidst an outcry from the Azhar and several intellectuals.
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2006 to Friday, May 26, 2006
Some Egyptians have filed lawsuits against the grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyīd Tantāwī calling for his dismissal for his "unacceptable" opinions about the hijāb in France and his position regarding the Danish cartoons against the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A fatwa that prohibits Muslims from
celebrating Shamm al-
Nasīm [Spring Festival] has been recently announced.
Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2006
The Egyptian Muftī cAlī
Juma‘ has been
quoted by some newspapers as saying in a seminar at the Azhar that extremists must
be killed and there is no need
to talk with them. According to these papers, he lauded security forces for
their approach to radicals.To verify
such reports, al- Usbua‘...
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2006
The author in this article criticizes the muftī and the religious
institution,
refuting the muftī’s defense that it has never been responsible for terrorism, and
calls for
fatwas taking into account the spirit of modernity.
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
The dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts is interviewed about how the fatwa deeming drawings and sculpture harām has impacted on the students at the faculty.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 3, 2006
The muftī of Egypt has issued a controversial fatwa that prohibits the acquisition of sculptures. His fatwas contradict with Egyptian laws and international conventions signed by Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2006 to Friday, May 5, 2006
The article deals with an incident in which a woman wearing a niqāb smashed a number of great works by a fine sculptor after a recent fatwa from the muftī saying that statues are not acceptable from a Muslim point of view.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006 to Friday, April 21, 2006
Several students at the Faculty of Fine Art think that art in general, and sculpture in particular, is harām and accordingly they are trying to spread their ideas to influence the rest of the students.
Pages
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.