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Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Today, women and men adopt the Islamic dress to advertise a stand. In my opinion, the veil is a curtain that hides those who wear it from the outside world. We know for sure that the veil started to spread after the defeat of 1967. The dreams of youth who grew up with the Nasserite principles and...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
The theology of liberation is considered the most notable movement against the capitalist system and traditional beliefs and ideas inside the church.
The theology of liberation is in conflict with the traditional ideas inside the church, not a religious conflict but a political conflict.
The...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Historical writings on the history of Copts or Egyptian Christians are very rare because of sensitivity that makes many researchers fear tackling Coptic history. Sources of Coptic history are also very rare.
Dr. Muhammad Afifi is one of the most important researchers who gave attention to Coptic...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 1, 2004
This article is a response to an article by Dr. Hussein Ahmad Amin, See AWR 2004, week 22, art.15]
The eminent writer Hussein Ahmad Amin confuses between the niqab [a veil that covers the whole body except the eyes] and the hijab [the headscarf]. The few women who wear the niqab take a stand from...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 1, 2004
The desert surrounding Naqada is home to seven monasteries that have been founded between the fourth and the seventh century AD. Rare monumental icons are hung on the walls of these monasteries.
The Higher Council for Antiquities cooperates with the owners of these monasteries in order to preserve...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Maxime Rodinson died last week at the age of 89. Perhaps this is the opportunity to defend the French Orientalist from Arab accusations and the subsequent marginalization of his role and works. While Cairo protested his book about the Prophet Muhammad thirty years ago, the Beirut publishing house...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
[This article was previously translated last week from Al-Hayat newspaper issue of May 26 under the title “The [Muslim] Brotherhood members were divided about the ideas of [Sayyed] Qutb that was based on the takfir-based ideology [accusing a person or the society as a whole of unbelief].The supreme...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
The articles about the hijab and the niqab affair written by the intellectual Hussein Ahmad Amin, which were published in issues 214 and 215, elicited controversial reactions. The debate around the veil, as presented by Amin, is a scientific dialogue and should not be related to his personal views...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
The study of Hussein Ahmad Amin succeeded in referring to the verses in the Qur’an that mention the veil, and explaining the purpose of each verse. The study also succeeded in explaining the social factors that led to the spread of the veil in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
It is not acceptable for anyone to practice ijtihad except those who specialize in it. It is not acceptable for anyone to give his or her opinion concerning issues related to the relationship between the nation and its God.
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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.