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Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2000
The author pointed out that he had crossed out many of the comments he received on "Awan Al-Ward" because he was keen to limit the arguments around the serial in the frame of its being a dramatic work that has nothing to do with preaching religion. Also, he was surprised by an article in Al-Ahram...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2000
The author claims many Hadiths, the written record of saying attributed to the Prophet Mohammed, in fact cannot be traced to the Prophet and Muslims today must filter them, select those that are most authentic and beneficial.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
[Translator’s note: All Translation of verses from the Qur’an are taken from The Koran Interpreted, Arthur J. Arberry, Oxford University Press, 1964.]
Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin stressed that the Azhar did not do an act of courtesy in its report on his book "My Father Adam". He declared his opposition...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 3, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
People have the right to get accurate information about their religion, so being guided by a charlatan is a great crime, that will affect not only the person but the religion itself. The prophet Mohammed in his Hadiths [talks] and Ibn Malek in his book "The legislation laws" urged us to select our...
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2000
Dr. Emara summarized in five points his opinion regarding the controversial article "Islam’s stand towards Christian and Jewish faith" by Magdy Hussein, Chief editor of Al Saab newspaper. They are related in full in the article.
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2000
The comment of Dr. Yehya Hashem Fargal on the article "Islam’s stand towards Christian and Jewish faith" by Magdy Hussein, chief editor of Al Shaab newspaper, was followed by another comment of General Mohamed Shebl, which was published on April 14th, 2000. The author of the present article made...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
Sub-title: The Prophet did not kill any Muslim who renounced his religion The book of the Islamic intellectual Gamal Al-Banna "Islam and the freedom of thought" which was issued lately, raised many questions concerning the issue of apostasy. This is an interview with Gamal Al-Banna who says: "My...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2000
I know quite well that the Holy Qur’an encourages the Muslim to communicate with his Christian brother. There are a lot of verses, which confirm this communication and bless it. On the other hand, when I searched the prophetic Hadiths [traditions concerning the sayings and actions of the Prophet...
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
In the weekly seminar for Al-Nidaa’ Al-Gadid [The New Call] organization, the attendees attacked the scholars of Al-Azhar, saying that they adopt a kind of Fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] called "Fiqh Al-Nakad" [Fiqh of annoyance]. The attendees said that they [the Azhar scholars] aim by it to defend...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 1999
The punishment for Ridda [apostasy] from Islam was not stated clearly in the Holy Qur’an like the punishment for stealing. However, it was mentioned in two not-agreed-by-all Hadiths. The scholars did not consider such Hadiths while giving opinions, to the extent that Dr. Mahmoud Shaltout, the late...
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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.