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Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2002
The author criticizes Sayyed Al-Qimni´s opinions concerning the punishment for apostasy in Islam and accuses him of ignorance. He argues that because Al-Qimni belongs to the Qur´anien, who deny the sunna, he denies the faith mentioned in the Qur´an.
Date of source: Saturday, October 26, 2002 to Friday, November 1, 2002
The author comments on the “Apostasy wars,” used in the arguments of those who believe that “killing” is the punishment for apostasy in Islam. He analyses the recommendation of the Creed and Philosophy Committee that the apostate be given a lifetime opportunity to renounce his apostate ideas.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2002
Many Muslim thinkers condemned the incidents of Beni Walmis and stressed that solving the problems of Copts and unifying the laws for building places of worship are very important to avoid such incidents. They also stressed the importance of the role the media should play in forming the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2004
In previous issues I have focused on the “must-know religious information” and the consequent do’s and don’ts which if violated would, according to jurisprudential conditions, lead to apostasy, punishable by death if attempts to secure repentance ended up in failure.
We have learnt that this rule...
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2004
In less than two months I have heard the talk about the jizya [tax on non-Muslims under a Muslim government] taking place twice from our honorable scholars.
I tried as much as I could to avoid involvement in this thorny issue but finally I realized that the return of this sectarian undertone to...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
When a major newspaper splashes a headline with a certain color under the word exclusive, it announces for the readers that no other newspaper has ever managed to get this scoop.
That is what our top newspaper did when its exclusive headlines and sub-headings read that a prominent Islamic...
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2004
The rules of war in Islam involves all kinds of violations if they were evaluated by the ethics of today. These rules allowed the killing of hostages, taking possession of money and properties by force and abducting women, taking them as slaves and raping them. All these things were lawful under...
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Outside Iraq many Muslim scholars and members of the Muslim Brotherhood expressed their wholehearted support of what they called ‘the Iraqi resistance’ through satellite TVs in the Gulf countries and the heavily circulated Islamized newspapers. They wrote about their viewpoints that go in line with...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2004
Muslim extremist sheikhs, the Muslim Brotherhood and terrorist groups agree that a secularist is an unbeliever because he determines the type of relation he has with others according to the principle of citizenship. According to them, taking non-Muslims as friends is an act of unbelief even if...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
The history of Arab armies shows that the political caliphate [rule] was turned into a religious dispute, and they considered waging a war against their rivals a religious duty. The armies of Abu Bakr Al-Sediq [the first Caliph] used to wage war against those who did not pay the Zakat [Obligatory...
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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.