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Date of source: Sunday, April 6, 2008
In the article, the author rejects the idea that a Muslim woman is allowed to marry a Kitābī [a Jewish or Christian] man.
Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2008
A hijāb-clad student of the Azhar University has refused to shake hands with the head of the university on the basis that it is harām for men and women to shake hands.
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2008
The author criticizes Muslim extremists who embarrass people by refusing to shake their hands because of their belief that shaking hands with the opposite sex is religiously prohibited.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Muslim scholars assert that demonstrations of sabotage and protests which harm the country and the people’s interests are religiously forbidden.
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2008
Zainab Abd al-Allāh comments on an article that promoted the marriage of Muslim women to Christian males. She cites the views of some Muslim scholars on this issue.
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2008
Ṭāriq Ḥasan comments on a recent statement from an actor in the Egyptian Tax Authority’s TV commercial campaign in which he said he would not renew his contract for further campaigns because collecting taxes from the poor in order to give them to the state is ḥarām.
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2008 to Friday, February 8, 2008
The author criticizes the phenomenon of fundamentalist shaykhs who insist on depicting Islam as a horrifying religion by focusing on hadīths that depict the torture of the tomb after death and link piety with superficial practices and appearances.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
The article reports on the spread of Niqāb-clad women in society.
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2007 to Friday, December 7, 2007
The author, Asmā’ Nas...
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2007
Hibah al-Marmá reports on the opinions of Muslim scholars on the Fatwá that Muslims are forbidden to marry Israelis under the pretext that Israel is in a state of enmity with Arabs and Muslims.
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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.