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Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
In a series of articles, entitled, ‘The Perils of a Religious State,’ Jābir ‘Aṣfūr, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Culture, examines the first calls for the establishment of a religious state and warns of its dangers.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Reviewing a book by a Lebanese writer on whether or not "Islām is the answer."
Date of source: Friday, January 5, 2007
Muslim scholars express their views on the so-called "satellite channel Dā‘iyahs," and why they have wider popularity than the ones designated by the Ministry of Endowments.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The article praises the legal procedure taken against ‘Brotherhood Militias’ that
appeared in the Azhar University
as a step forward to separating the state from religion.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
The
author comments on killing a Catholic 16-year-old girl
in Minia because of her relation with a Muslim man.
He says that it was the first incident of murder to occur
inside a Catholic community, which shows that it
has been influenced by the Orthodox religious hard-liners and the
violence...
Date of source: Monday, December 25, 2006
The
article is an interview with Natana J. DeLong-Bas. She is a senior research assistant at the Center for Muslim-
Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. The interview sheds light on her book
‘Wahhabi Islām: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihād.’ The book presents...
Date of source: Saturday, December 23, 2006
The author opposes a party or a state based on religion, and uses Iraq as an example of a country cursed by religious state and parties.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2006
The author rejects enforcing political
systems that early Muslims
followed in contemporary society because this could prevent the country from
modernizing. He paints a fanciful
picture of how society would be if such political systems were applied.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
The veil
crisis has deeply exposed the
crisis of the Egyptian ruling system and of the Muslim Brotherhood who
represents the opposition in the parliament
and in the street.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 12, 2006
A discussion about a conference on human rights, the innovation of religious speeches, the
relationship between religion and the state, the economic progress of non-Arab Muslim countries in Asia, and
problems of applying Islamic laws with regard to marriage, divorce, and inheritance in non-Muslim...
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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.