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Date of source: Saturday, May 17, 2003
The article is an interview with one of the leaders of the Unified Islamic Front that includes Sunni and Shiite leaders. He speaks about the relations between Sunnis and Shiites and the activities of the front.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2003 to Tuesday, May 13, 2003
The 15th General Islamic Conference that was held in Cairo May 9 under the title “The Future of the Islamic Nation” was front-page news in Egyptian press for five days. Articles covering the conference report on the different speeches. The conference is believed to reflect a change in the language...
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2003
The author gives a historical background on Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Abdel-Wahab and how Wahabism was established in the Arabian Peninsula. He believes Wahabism is an Islamic reformation movement.
Date of source: Saturday, May 3, 2003
The writer criticizes and analyzes the programs of an Islamic channel, “Iqra”. He considers that it has a bad influence upon people. He supports his idea through using many and various examples [He builds his argument depending on his own point of view without taking the opinion of its audience in...
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2003
The author discusses whether the Azhar curricula really need to be improved. He gives many examples of the Azhar schoolbooks to show that they should be changed. Many of the vocabulary used and even the ideas taught are obsolete and against modern sciences. The image of women portrayed in them is...
Date of source: Saturday, April 12, 2003 to Friday, April 18, 2003
TV program "Al-Rahman Alaam Al-Qur´an" [The Merciful teaches the Qur´an] presented by Sheikh Muhammad Hidaya brings to the surface the issue of “Show preachers.” Because of the many mistakes Hidaya communicates in the program, the Azhar demands that only Azhar graduates should be hosted...
Date of source: Friday, April 11, 2003
A group of Christian scholars visited Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi in the hospital where he had an operation on his knee done. The visit turned into a meeting on the importance of Islamic-Christian dialogue. Al-Jezira channel held a press conference in which it expressed sadness at the death of its...
Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2003
Priests as well as sheikhs and imams have always been exempted from paying taxes. However, a recently issued decree by the Taxation Authority stipulates that the sum collected by priests in return for the religious services they perform in churches and for registering marriage contracts are subject...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 1, 2003
The Grand Imam of the Azhar notified the minister of information and the head of the board of trustees of the Radio and Television Union that the TV program presented by Sheikh Muhammad Hidaya lacks true information and does not help in spreading tolerant Islamic culture. He demanded that the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 2003
The author believes that there is no convincing reason for stopping the TV program "Ro´a” [Revelations] which hosts Muslim scholars and psychiatrists to interpret dreams. The program is said to have prompted the imminent coming of the Awaited Mahdi.
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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.