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Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Has piety become a means of profit-making? Or have some of us contracted psycho-social diseases that render our manners ostentatious and showy? In some five-star hotels now there are so-called Islamic wedding parties, the cost of which for 100 invited persons in all cases exceeds LE 100,000. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Many Muslims believe that Christians in the West have never given up the idea of the Crusades and missionaries work hand in hand with Western imperialists. The Bishop concludes that the Crusades occurred as a result of ignorance of Christ's teachings and love. The church today views the Crusades as...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2004
Of the types of authority present in the Islamic state, the one which most demonstrates the civil aspect is the executive authority. This was seen in the government of the Prophet and the Orthodox caliphs after him. The eras of the Prophet and the Orthodox caliphs are the true examples for the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 31, 2005
The first meeting between the Islamic world, led by Prophet Muhammad, and the Christians was in the 10th year of the Hijra, 631 AD. Prophet Mohammed met the Christians of Najrān in the Medina Mosque where he let them pray and celebrate their Easter holiday.
Date of source: Friday, March 5, 2004
Islam and Christianity do not have the same problems as Judaism in its dealings with non-Jews. Both religions are tolerant toward the “other.” The problem of Judaism emerges because Judaism adopts a race-based affiliation. Because Judaism is a religion that stresses the importance of the Jewish...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
It is not unexpected that terrorists would carry out a criminal operation by targeting holy sites in Mecca and Medina and aiming to damage Saudi Arabia’s stability. After they have killed and slaughtered “Crusaders” foreigners, now it might be the turn of the pilgrims, the “Muslims.” The terrorists...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
I was very much astonished when Dr. Ayman Sabri Farag or Abu Gaffar Al-Masry Al-Kandahari told me “During the time of violent incidents in Upper Egypt, I felt very distressed. In his opinion, these incidents ‘tarnish the image of Islam and turn people away from it.’ These incidents do away with...
Date of source: Friday, April 8, 2005
Islamic jihād was behind the liberation of the East after 10 centuries of Byzantine, Greek, and Roman tyranny. It then turned the East from the heart of Christianity tothe heart of Islam. This led to Western Christianity’s jealousy, and triggered the crusades. Thus, Latin settlements were implanted...
Date of source: Monday, January 19, 2004
The author argues
that national unity as well as human rights are deeply rooted in Islam, as loving one’s nation is
part and parcel of one’s faith. He gives many examples from Islamic history to support his
opinion.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 21, 2004
The article presents the views of Sameh Eid, who once belonged to
the Brotherhood’s younger generation. Eid criticized the ideologies and practices of the Muslim
Brotherhood in his book “Al-Ekhwan al-Muslimun…al-Hader wa al-Mustaqbal…Awraq fi al-Naqd al-Zati”
[The Muslim Brotherhood…The Present...
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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.