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Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah has issued a Fatwá allowing girls who have lost their virginity to have grafting hymen surgery and not to tell partners about past sexual experiences. The Fatwá caused debates amongst religious scholars, sociologists and people as it violates traditional norms.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2007
The author talks about al- Qaraḍāwī’s opinion that surprises all Muslims. According to him, the story of the web of the spider and the nest of the two doves in Ḥirā’ Cave is not true as it is not mentioned in the Qur’ān or Sunnah.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Article two in the Egyptian Constitution seems to be the most problematic issue about the proposed Constitutional amendments. While the majority of Egyptians call for a civil state on the basis of citizenship and equality, many stress the impossibility of omitting or changing article two of the...
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the Egyptian minister of endowments, has issued a decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb. Stating that the Niqāb is "a matter of custom and not faith," the minister argued that the appointment of Niqāb-wearing women as...
Date of source:
Both Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imām declared their rejection
of any foreign intervention
in the internal affairs of Egypt. The former said that he met the American committee to
defend Egypt and to
explain to its members that what the foreign press publishes and what the internet broadcasts...
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2001
The Azhar Scholars Front supported the Minister of Culture and urged him to clean the
Ministry by firing
more officials who are responsible for publishing libertine books. The Front listed 300
books for revision because
of immoral style.
Date of source: Thursday, November 9, 2006
The proposal of the National Council for Human Rights
(N.C.H.R.)
for reviving religious dialogue and reform of the educational curricula of the Azhar University has evoked
different reactions from religious and educational circles at the university.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006 to Friday, September 29, 2006
The author of this
article reports on changes in Muslims’ attitudes or
behaviour during Ramadān, like girls who usually go
unveiled but wear the veil during this month or the
tendency to see more people reading the
Qur’ān while on their way to work or home.
Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
The review deals with a fatwa by Muftī of the
Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a on the right of a non-Muslim mother to retain custody of
her
children in the case of her husband’s conversion to Islam in light of a lawsuit filed by a Christian
convert
to Islam who claimed the right to custody of his...
Date of source: Friday, March 31, 2006
Some Muslim scholars suspect the real aims of the religious satellites. They reject the extremist approach of the channels, believing that they have political purposes.
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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.