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Date of source: Saturday, October 12, 2002 to Friday, October 18, 2002
The tradition of the niqab has become widespread in Egypt, especially in poor quarters. The niqab is an inherited tradition and not a pillar of the Islamic faith. It was transmitted to Egypt from some Islamic and Arabic countries that live by the traditions of nomadic life and not by the orders of...
Date of source: Saturday, July 20, 2002 to Friday, July 26, 2002
Rose Al-Youssef´s special file for this week covers many different subjects: Terrorists and Islamists living in Britain, Sheikh Amr Khaled´s way of preaching, Islam and politics, the role men of religion can play to build up societies and the issue of hijab in Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, June 15, 2002 to Saturday, June 22, 2002
Historically political movements were started by groups taking a certain stand but then then they changed into ideologies that merely justified the situation. Some of the people engaged in political activities used verses from the Qur´an to support their political stand.
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2002
The article tackles more than one point related to the Islamic groups. It comments on the book of Ayman Al-Zawahri “Knights Under the Flag of the Prophet” and on Montasser Al-Zayyat´s “Al-Zawahri as I knew him.” It tries to answer the question of why Bin Laden gained great popularity among...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Members of the Jordanian Brotherhood took to the streets in 1990 to express vehement rejection against the use of US forces to liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion. Some even supported Saddam Hussein himself.
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
An Internet site, run by a person who allegedly abandoned Islam after he discovered contradictions in the Qur’an, has declared war on Islam, the Qur’an and the prophet. The Internet site offers an extremely distorted view of Islam in more than seven languages. The author’s poisonous ideas were...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Sayyed Qutb’s book “Ma’leem fi Al-Tariq” [Milestones] is still the source of inspiration of Islamists around the world. The Muslim Brotherhood tried to deny any connection between itself and Qutb’s book, in spite of the fact that they would always refute any criticism directed to the book.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Sayyed Qutb and Muhammad Baqer Al-Sadr are two thinkers who lived similar lives. The former was executed in Egypt in 1966, and the latter was killed under the Saddam regime [in Iraq], and they both left an important mark on the path of contemporary history. Qutb belonged of the Muslim Brotherhood,...
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2002
“Al-Muntakhab [The Select or The Selected]” is the first Egyptian-English translation of the Qur’an. It is considered one of the greatest references with respect to the explanation of the Qur’an. The Ministry of Awqaf charged a gynecologist who lives in America to translate it into English. It...
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2005
Woman’s rights from the Islamic perspective is a controversial issue. This issue was misused by fanatics who want to prevent her to go to work. They also belittle her natural and intellectual faculties.On the other hand, the secularists exploited this issue, calling for the emancipation of women...
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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.