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Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
Many of the
issues considered
as belonging to the proven and known in Islām can change according to time and circumstances.
What some
think as protection from foreign danger is really a restriction of development that gives one group of
clergymen the authority to control the beliefs and...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
An Egyptian professor is recognized by a German foundation for his freedom of thought. This article describes some of his views on the struggle to protect the right to freedom of thought in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 2004
Moving from one chapter to another in Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin’s book My Father Adam, a reader is overwhelmed with shocking lines and the worst of them all was the content of the fourth chapter titled Satan’s Attitude on Prostration.
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2004
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin tries to prove that wrong ideas can live forever. He insists on not admitting his mistakes and sins. The most famous mistake of Dr. Shahin is his book “My father Adam”, which, according to Dr. Zaghloul Al-Nagar, has no religious, scientific or literary aim.
- See art. 12:...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Over and over again, we are just seeing the same incidents, names and climate that brought about terrorism, takfir [accusing someone of unbelief] and hisba [the right of a Muslim to defend public morality, suing on behalf of religion].
- See art. 18, 19: Screening the Soap Opera "Bint min Shurba...
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2005
Al-Liwā’ al-Islāmī hosted the
Islamic intellectual Dr. ‘Abd al-Sabour Shāhīn, Professor of Linguistics, Faculty of Dār al-‘Uloum, Cairo
University, in its first intellectual forum [or panel].
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
Shaykh Yousuf al-Badrī used to be a permanent figure in many news items, clutching to the sword of takfir [the act of accusing someone of unbelief] against intellectuals and bringing them to court. The controversial shaykh, however, had kept a low profile for some time, but recently rose from the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
[Translator’s note: All Translation of verses from the Qur’an are taken from The Koran Interpreted, Arthur J. Arberry, Oxford University Press, 1964.]
Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin stressed that the Azhar did not do an act of courtesy in its report on his book "My Father Adam". He declared his opposition...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 1, 2000
Seven years ago, Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin attacked Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid and now he finds himself accused because of his book "My Father Adam". Al-Midan asked him about the reality of his criticism of the Ministry of Endowments, the criticism of Dr. Beltagi about his book "My Father Adam", and...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 to Tuesday, April 4, 2000
Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid , who was accused of unbelief, five years ago, and fled to Holland commented, in an interview with Al Ahaly, on the case of Dr. Abdel Sabour Shaheen’s book "My Father Adam" , which was demanded to be banned but the court refused.
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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.