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Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
More than 100 Muslim scholars and university professors signed a statement, in which they condemned the insults to the prophet’s companions, which were published by al- Ghad newspaper on October 4, 2006. The statement indicated that any attack against the prophet’s companions and wives...
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
The review takes up the issue of the niqāb as Jack Straw, Leader of the House of Commons, called on Muslim women in Britain to take off their veils in workplaces, while in Egypt, the President of Hilwān University made a decision to prohibit all niqāb-wearing students from entering the...
Date of source: Thursday, October 12, 2006
Al-Sharq al-Awsat interviews Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī, a member of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy and the former deputy head of the Religious Affairs Committee at the People’s Assembly, about a number of issues, including the controversial statement of Pope Benedict on Islam and...
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Views of Muslim scholars differ over whether to accept the so-called "apology" of Pope Benedict for the remarks he made about Islam a few weeks ago. Nearly 38 Muslim scholars and leaders sent a letter to the pope to indicate their appreciation of the pope’s expression of regret and his affirmation...
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
For the third week, Pope Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam and
the Prophet
Muhammad have made headlines in Egyptian national and independent newspapers. A number of Muslim
intellectuals devoted their columns to refute claims about the spread of Islam by the sword. Some Muslim
scholars...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2006
The Egyptian
muftī, Shaykh
‘Alī Jum‘ah, was severely slammed by a
number of Muslim scholars for his recent
fatwá, in which he permits mobile phone companies to
install their towers on mosque minarets.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The Muftī of
Egypt, ‘Alī Jum‘ah,
rejects charges levelled against official religious figures that
they only serve the government’s point of
view and justifies his fatwá which does not advise wearing the
niqāb.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The Muftī speaks in this interview
about the death penalty, which, he said, should
still be in effect to guarantee that the society will not be
overwhelmed with vice. He criticizes countries that
have legalized prostitution, narcotics and abortion.
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Muhammad Fawzī asks Dr.‘Alī
Jum‘ah about the differences between the Sunnī and Shī‘ah.
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2006 to Friday, September 22, 2006
Sayyid Ghannām
writes about the latest controversial fatwá issued by the
muftī. The fatwá
argues that a woman who delivered a child four years after her
husband’s death is not adulterous and that pregnancy
can span more than nine months.
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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.