Displaying 11 - 20 of 423.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2008 to Friday, May 30, 2008
This article sheds light on salafism in Egypt. It points out the areas in which salafis spread and shows how powerful they are in these areas.
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2008
The author criticizes the trend of Egyptians towards blindly imitating the West, taking their worst behaviors and fads and leaving behind their best qualities.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Muhammad Nūr reports on the different opinions of Muslim scholars concerning the recent fatwá of Shaykh Yūsuf al-Qaradāwī regarding prayer times.
Date of source: Saturday, June 14, 2008
In the following interview Jamāl al-Bannā comments on the confiscation of his book. He denounces the restrictions imposed by the Azhar on the freedom of expression, and calls for more liberal thinking.
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2008
The Egyptian Shūrá Council approved the suggested draft law about children’s right in Egypt. The law stimulated heated discussions in and outside the council. The new law prohibits female genital mutilation and gives children the right to file claims against their parents if subjected to physical...
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2008
This article reports about the danger of undocumented fatwás on Islam.
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2008
Liberal Islamic thinker Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd participated in a cultural festival that was organized in Beirut and Cairo at the same time. After the difficulties encountered to hold Abū Zayd’s lecture in different places, the lecture was given at the American University in Cairo where Abū Zayd...
Date of source: Monday, September 1, 2008
Drs. Hulsman and Dr. Burslem provide a detailed report on Muslim-Christian relations based on a review of Dr. Hugh Goddard’s book, commenting on a number of issues including Western perceptions, mis-interpretations, and examples of recent incidents involving Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Saturday, May 3, 2008
The author reviews a book about the future of Islam by ‘Abd al-Majīd al-Sharaī. While al-Sharafī calls to adapt Islam to modernism, Hoffmann refutes al-Sharafī’s argument, anticipating that Islam will prevail in the whole world, and Muslim Westerners shoulder the responsibility of spreading and...
Date of source: Friday, May 2, 2008
Tāhā Farghalī discusses the recent fatwá concerning inheritance for children of Christian converts to Islam.
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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.