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Date of source: Monday, December 30, 2002
The article gives an overview of the history of Wahhabism, how it entered Egypt and its effect on the Egyptian society.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 16, 2003
A parliamentary member belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood group claimed that the book of poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi “Commandments for Loving Women” defames Islam. The Reading Committee at the Book Association examined the book and issued a report stating that there is nothing in the book against Islam...
Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 2003
Time magazine published on June 30, 2003 an article titled “Should Christians convert Muslims? A new flock of missionaries has launched a campaign to take the Gospel to Islamic countries. But will they inspire more backlash than belief?” by David Van Biema. Sawt Al-Umma and Al-Usbua believe this...
Date of source: Friday, April 9, 2004
The Jewish heritage of violence was created by priests and rabbis and was employed to annihilate the Arabs. What had happened to the Jewish heritage also happened to Christianity when it changed from a focus on spiritual salvation to become a part of Western civilization, which has Greek roots that...
Date of source: Monday, January 20, 2003
The author argues that the punishment for apostasy is part of the terrorist political heritage in Islam. It is a result of political disputes that has nothing to do with religion. So it should be rejected and condemned.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
The Azhar overstepped its judicial mission as stipulated by the 1961 law, namely "protecting the Holy Qur'an and Prophetic hadiths from corruption." The Azhar claimed guardianship over religious thoughts, arts and literature, which contradicts with the constitution, the law and principles of...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
The Egyptian Organization for Human Rights [EOHR] called on President Mubarak,
in a recent statement, not to ratify the rulings issued by the State Security Court, or
“emergency courts,” in what is known as the Izderaa al-Adyan case, or the blasphemy case. The
statement expressed the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Comment on the ongoing discussion about the car crash involving a priest and two Christian laymen.
Problems and bureaucratic delays around obtaining NGO status.
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2001 to Friday, November 30, 2001
The revelation of each Qur’anic verse is related to certain events. It is necessary to know such events to understand the verse properly and apply it aptly. Muslims should know the time and the occasion in which a certain verse can be applied, in order to avoid problems and confusion.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 13, 2001
The author speaks about the absent role of the Islamic religious institution and gives his perception of the role it should play. He believes that the Islamic religious institution is not able to spread an awareness of Islam in the West, which believes Islam to be the new enemy of western...
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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.