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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: Saturday, February 12, 2000 to Friday, February 18, 2000
The Islamic Researches Council in Al-Azhar decided not to confiscate the books that contradict Islam, and to publish answers to what was contradictory to Islam. Dr. Mohammed Hamdy Zaqzouq, the Minister of Al-Awqaf [Religious Endowments], said that confiscating the books that contradict the Islamic...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The statement that was issued by a group of Al-Azhar scholars about the draft of the Personal Status Law says: God has ordered his prophet in the Holy Qur’an to follow him and to obey his orders. The pure Shari’a is an order from God and we have to obey his orders! ...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The statement issued by 31 scholars of the Azhar Scholars Front rejecting the Personal Status Law raised many questions about the identity of these scholars and to what extent they belong to the Azhar, especially since Sheikh Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, and The Islamic Research Council...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
A disease is spreading all over the country and all the Egyptian leaders are denying its existence. The remedy is represented in the following phrase, "You have your own religion and I have mine."
Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2000
They are a new group of sexually disordered new extremists; all the previous extremists had vague explanation’s to their terrible crimes against the country and innocent citizens. They believe that marriage without officially certified contracts is acceptable, and that recording names of children...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
A large number Azhar scholars asked President Mubarak to postpone the ratifying of the draft bill of the Personal Status law, until it is submitted to a committee of scholars.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
What happened in Al-Koshh can be described as the new nightmare of the new century. These nightmares have reasons which should not be ignored. The Minister of External affairs insisted in his speech in front of the Shura [that is, Consultative] Council and People’s Assembly that what happened was...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 1999
Two controversial items in the draft of the new Personal Status Law are Al-Khul’a [a woman’s right to divorce her husband without explanation in exchange for renouncing all her marriage rights and returning the dowry he had given for her], and the right of a married Muslim woman to travel on her...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 1999
Khilafa [the rule of a caliph, a successor of Mohammed who holds both worldly and religious responsibilities], the republic, monarchy; these are different forms of government systems. Which of them represents the Islamic system? Dr. Mohammed Selim Al-Awa, the Islamic thinker, expresses his...
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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.