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Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2001
Azhar Scholars demanded that a couple should not be separated, in a case where one of them has rejected a foundation of Islam, until the case has been discussed and ruled on in court. Professor Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi said that what has happened with Nawal Sa’adawi should be discussed before taking the...
Date of source: Friday, May 4, 2001
The Ibn Khaldoun Center issued some booklets about the religious curricula taught at the pre-university stages of education. The Center put some Coptic names among the names of those who participated in writing these booklets. A member of the Islamic Research Institute said that the issue was not...
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2001
Many men of religion, Islamic scholars and intellectuals refuted Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s opinions. Sheikh Abdel-Monsif Mahmoud said that pilgrimage is not a pagan relic but is basically a declaration of leaving paganism. Adel-Fattah Abdel-Karim said that her demand to allow women to marry more than...
Date of source: Friday, April 27, 2001
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi and Bishop Bissenti differ concerning Eve’s creation from Adam’s rib. The former rejected the idea, arguing that it would belittle women’s position and stressed that it was not mentioned in Islam. Bishop Bissenti said that this fact is assured in the three heavenly religions...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
This is the full text of an article written for Christianity Today in the US. It gives an overview of the Egyptian responses against the visit of a delegation of the US Commission for on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Many church leaders and observers believe the American focus on...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
The Sheikh of the Azhar dismissed a professor in the faculty of Usul El-Din [fundamentals of religion] and a member in the Azhar Scholars Front. He considered that what the professor wrote in one of the newspapers was a defamation of his character and objected against his decisions.
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi, the Dean of the Faculty of Usul Al-Din [fundamentals of religion] in the Azhar University, was harshly attacked because of his fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar or Mufti] allowing leasing of wombs. The attack leveled against him reached the extent of...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
The Azhar’s disciplinary board dismissed Dr. Mahmoud Hemaya, the head of the Da’wa Department in the Faculty of Usul Al-Din [Fundamentals of religion], in the Azhar University in Assiut. He was accused of defaming his honor the Grand Imam.
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2000
After President Mubarak appointed Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi in the parliament, rumors claimed that his appointment is aimed to oppose the Muslim Brothers in the Parliament. Dr. Bayoumi believes that his rivals are behind such rumors. The General Guide of the Brotherhood said that Bayoumi is not a...
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2000
It is something ordinary to have a Ramadan tent in an expensive hotel. The surprise of this Ramadan is a new kind of tents, an Islamic tent that is called Al-Iman [faith]. Instead of presenting artistic numbers, the host presents handsome preachers. The guests of honor are the President of the...
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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.