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Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 2004
The Ibn Khaldoun Center is nowadays spreading its opinions through a series of seminars it organized under the title “Renewing Religious Discourse.” The center puts forward suspicious ideas declaring that the Islamic thought needs to be reformed because it is not based on a valid logic. Al-Liwaa’...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
Although the Islamic sharī‘a [code] gives equal rights and duties to men and women, the criminal law violates the principle of equality when it comes to punishing the crime of adultery.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Religious fatwas are being aired everywhere on both local and satellite channels to the extent that the Muftī of the Republic Shaykh ‘Alī Jum‘a termed the whole thing as “an unhealthy phenomenon” that is threatening the very well-being of the society.
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2005
The Islamic Research Institute at al-Azhar issued a decree banning the circulation of a book called “al-Furqān al-Haqq” [The True Proof], which is considered as the forged American alternative to the Holy Qur’ān. This decision aims at protecting the Qur’ān from being altered or forged.
Date of source: Sunday, December 23, 2001
The article gives the comments of the Mufti of Egypt and many other Muslim scholars and thinkers on the statement of the Sheikh of the Azhar concerning attacking Israeli civilians. Almost all of them are against the statement of the Sheikh of the Azhar.
Date of source: Monday, December 10, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt affirmed that the Palestinians defence of themselves by any method is legal. Counselor Tareq Al-Bishri believed that the killing of the civilians is not wrong as a civilian is not related only to the uniform but is related to the attitude he adopts. Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin said...
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
In the iftar party given by the Council of State, the Mufti affirmed that Egypt is an example of moderation and national unity. Pope Shenouda affirmed that God is the supreme judge, and that the rank of the judge is the highest among all ranks because the judge is the essence of justice.
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt affirmed that savage practices against innocent civilians and captives in Palestine and Afghanistan are contrary to the teachings of Islam. He said that the events that are taking place in Palestine and Afghanistan are happening because of the weakness and separations between...
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2001
As is customary in every month of Ramadan, newspapers reported about the Iftar parties that the different churches give as an expression of the national unity between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin explained that he agreed with Sheikh Al-Qaradawi’s fatwa that allows non-Muslim women who have converted to Islam to stay with their still non-Muslim husbands. He said that fatwas that make people afraid of converting to Islam should not be issued and that converting to...
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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.