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Date of source: Thursday, February 20, 2003
The Anglican Church urges all churches in the UK to pray for the Iraqi people. The author wishes that God may listen to their prayers as He listened to those of other kufar [unbelievers] before.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Considering the large number of female professors of fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence] and shari’a [Islamic law,] who actually practice ifta [fatwa-giving] on satellite channels, newspapers and magazines, isn’t it high time that the giving of fatwas by female jurists is done in an officially recognized...
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After more than 20 years of adopting the ideology of violence, the leaders of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya declared that the ideology of violence caused them to commit mistakes that harmed themselves, their religion and their society. Some people raised doubts against this declaration and others...
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2002
The Sheikh of Azhar referred 30 professors of the Azhar University to be investigated because of their opinions concerning the American sanction imposed on Iraq. He decided to prevent members of the teaching staff of the Azhar University from travelling abroad unless they have his permission.
Date of source: Friday, May 4, 2001
Muslims are not allowed to marry polytheists and atheists. The only requirement for marrying Kitabi [Christian and Jewish] women is they be virtuous. If the woman’s background is not virtuous, then a Muslim cannot marry her, for she would have two wrongs, a strayed religion, and lack of virtues. A...
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: Tuesday, January 16, 2001
The Azhar Dialogue Committee’s activities are exclusively visiting Rome. The committee is not trying to change the unfair concept of Islam and Muslims that is firmly established in the minds of Westerners. The Dialogue Committee became the subject of many questions and doubts. The dialogue between...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 15, 2000
Islamic scholars and intellectuals refuted the opinions of Dr. Gabar Asfour concerning the cases Aqidaty discussed with him in its last issue. They confirmed that the Qur’an is a holy text and, according to the Qur’an, the hejab is an Islamic obligation and not a tradition that was confined to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 28, 2000
Sub-titles: Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin: An international Islamic conference is needed to study how to choose the Sheikh Al-Azhar. Dr. Abdel-Azim Al-Matani: We must return to the old system: The Sheikh of the Azhar should be selected from the group of the Grand Ulama. Dr. Mohammed Ra’fat Othman: There...
Date of source: Friday, April 30, 1999
From time to time, the papers publish stories about a person claiming to be a prophet. It seems claiming prophethood is a phenomenon that needs explanation. The opinions of sociologists, psychologists and an Azharite sheikh are given.
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.