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Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
Sometimes I am carried away by the supposed idea that the Islamists’ scenario succeeds and that Usāma Bin Lāden, or others, are able to get the West, particularly the US, leave the lands of Muslims and ending the rule of the incumbent heads of states. In the eyes of Bin Lāden and his likes, they [...
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2005
Many researchers in the history and future of Islamist movements reckon that the September 11 incidents have posed as a turning point in the development of political Islamist movements in the Arab region.
Date of source: Sunday, January 30, 2005
Al-Ahrām Center for Political & Strategic Studies has recently published a book titled al-Islāmīyīn wa al-Dīmouqrātīyīn “Islamists and Democrats.” The book provides important views on means to merge Islamist mainstreams in Egypt and in the Arab world with the democratic modernization process.
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2001 to Friday, January 4, 2002
Terrorism starts with words. If these words are religious, they include misinterpreted Qur’anic verses. If they are not about religion, they are about struggle, liberation and the like. There are many verses in the Qur’an speaking about mercy and good morals. Some people, however, avoid such...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The former secretary of the State Security Investigation Department stated that all terrorist groups are various faces of the same coin, which includes the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Saturday, December 22, 2001 to Friday, December 28, 2001
Reforming the religious discourse is a must. Reforming Islamic jurisprudence requires interpretation based on reason not the text, and modernization not traditional ways, so that jurisprudents and Islamic scholars can find in Islam new rules and modern principles to motivate the reason and inspire...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
The article raises the question of whether the collapse of Taliban means the end for the Islamic groups. It also speaks about the need for a modern Islamic project that gathers together all Muslims in order to present a bright picture of Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Islamic groups believe that religion has a political dimension. That was why they tried to impose their views by any means in order to reach power and apply the Shari’a. The article raises many questions about political Islam and the reasons behind the Islamic groups turning to violence.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Gamal Al-Banna believes that the violence of the Islamic groups is a reaction to the barbaric torture practiced by the State against the Muslim Brotherhood in the time of president Gamal Abdel-Nasser. Dr. Essam Al-Eryan said that some Islamic groups believe in the necessity of military action as a...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
An expert in Al-Ahram Political and Strategic Studies Center said that the concept of political Islam appeared in the mid-seventies due to an American study on the Iranian Revolution and Khomeini. He added that Islamic groups are divided into two sections, namely, Islamic religious movements and...
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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.