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Date of source: Friday, August 23, 2002
Bat Ye´or wrote about jihad with political implications. This is enough to make one expect partiality in tone. The current situation in the Palestinian territories is another factor that influences the way many write about Jihad. By contrast to what Ye´or says, Islam does ask its adherents to...
Date of source: Sunday, August 11, 2002
Dr. Abdel-Rahman Salam refutes that Islam spread by the sword. He says that the call to Islam is based on wisdom, fair exhortation and choice and that Islam did not know real expansion except in time of peace. He explains that the aim of the conquests Muslims carried out was not to spread Islam but...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
In her research on the second article of the Egyptian constitution, researcher Yustina Saleh argues that this article contradicts other articles guaranteeing equal opportunities and rights to all Egyptians.
Date of source: Monday, December 12, 2005
Legal battles between Shaykh Yousuf al-Badrī and human rights activists continue over the case of the priest’s wife, Wafā’ Costantine, who converted to Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, December 3, 2005
The muftī of Egypt speaks about human rights in Islam, arguing that Islam was the first to establish a constitution to protect man’s life and property and to grant him the right to freedom of belief and expression.
Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2005
The author argues that the word jihād was mentioned in the Qur’ān in the sense of exerting utmost efforts in all fields of life, not only the battlefield, whereas Christianity has a long history of holy wars between the Protestants and the Catholics.
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
Some Western thinkers believe that the conflict between Islam and the West is mainly a civilization-related conflict due to the teachings of the Qur’an and Sunna and because Islam obliges Muslims to practice jihad against non-Muslims. That is why the West adopts an attitude of hatred and bigotry...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
The prominent preacher Dr. Al-Ahmadi Abu Al-Nour, former Egyptian Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] stressed that Muslims are the enemies of no one and that over the course of history Muslims have maintained a policy of co-existence and dialogue with ‘others’ [non-Muslims]. Abu Al-Nour said...
Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2002
The author believes that the recommendation of the Creed and Philosophy Committee in the Islamic Research Institute that the apostate is to be given a lifetime chance to renounce his apostate ideas is not a renewal in the Islamic fiqh. The recommendation has been made only because of the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 15, 2002
The Qur’an does not order killing as a punishment for apostasy. Accordingly, scholars should not have taken into account the hadith saying: “Kill him he who renounces his religion,” because what the Qur’an says has priority over hadiths. In addition, the Prophet could not have said something that...
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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.