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Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
This article expresses alarm about the situation of Arab Christians in light of the sectarian feuds that are troubling Middle Eastern countries like Iraq and Lebanon.
Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2006
The article refers to the dangerous spreading phenomenon of religious cassette tapes on public transportation. These tapes were issued by Islamic groups that have extreme tendencies.
Date of source: Saturday, January 20, 2007
The author gives evidences to prove that the Ḥijāb is never meant as a headscarf in the Holy Qur’ān, believing that it cannot be a religious Farīdah.
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
The Popular Court has obliged, in its third meeting at the Bar Association, that the Minister of Culture Farūq Husnī publish and distribute a book on the Ḥijāb. It also canceled Prime Minister Ahmad Nazīf’s decision to appoint Manṣūr as Minister of Transport.
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
The article is about a book by Maḥmūd ‘Awaḍ that shows how peaceful and tolerant minister al-Bāqūrī was.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Who has the right to issue a Fatwá?
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the Egyptian minister of endowments, has issued a decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb. Stating that the Niqāb is "a matter of custom and not faith," the minister argued that the appointment of Niqāb-wearing women as...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 9, 2007
The author reviews three books on Islamic studies.
Date of source: Monday, January 1, 2007
The Ḥijāb is not an obligation in Islām, and it is dangerous to easily classify certain concepts under the known and proven. Islām needs innovating scholars who are able to bring it up to date while maintaining the sense of Sharī‘ah, depending on the reasonable interpretation of the Qur’ān and the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2006
The author continues his series of articles on Bedouinization. He questions to what extent it is accurate to say that the Bedoiuns had a great influence on culture in the Middle East, and considers dress code among other things.
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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.