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Date of source: Monday, December 25, 2006
The monopolized religious authority is an echo of the political monopolized authority and the
result of hard financial conditions and regressing social and educational values.
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...
Date of source: Thursday, November 30, 2006
The tenth World Conference of Islamic Youth recommended adopting an Islamic strategy for the renewal of schools and universities’ curriculum to cope with renewed religious discourse and respond to the suspicions raised against Islām.
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2006
Discussions about the value of mind and reasoning in Islām, and defending that it is not a religion of transmitted traditions.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
The
author of the article
points out that religious discourse should be changed to fit today’s world and argues that the
issues
the Qur’ān tackles were meant for the people of the time of its revelation.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
This essay discusses the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. He says that the Muslim
Brotherhood leaders lack profound vision for the problem of merging with a democratic system.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Ibrāhīm Muhammad Hamzah writes about the relationship between fundamentalist groups and democracy.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
In his article, Majdī Khalīl stresses the Arab and Islamic world’s need of the West. He questions contemporary Islam and Muslims in the light of some of the world’s thinkers. Khalīl highlights the compelling need for the Arabic and Islamic countries to cooperate with the different West to lead to...
Date of source:
The author presents some contributions from Jewish, Christian and Muslim
intellectuals on the relationship between the mind and the interpretation of religious texts.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
This article reviews the book, ‘Listening to Islam,’ an attempt to present Islam objectively through the eyes of four very different people, two Christian and two Muslim. The author asserts that the book is a very useful and thought provoking introduction to the problems of Christian/Muslim...
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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.