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Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 14, 2011
Who are the Muslim Brotherhood, and what do they represent? Having thousands of members means that many people are able to speak as representatives, whether they are qualified or designated to do so or not. Yet if one relies only on an official spokesman, it is difficult to know if the comments are...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 12, 2011
'Grow your beard before Ramadan' is the slogan of a campaign planned by the salafists, who are calling for a million men to be bearded before the holy Muslim fasting month, corresponding with August.
"I would like to see similar campaign for a million women to wear the niqāb [full-face veil],"...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 7, 2011
My fifteen years living in Egypt has given me a lot of connections, including Egyptian diplomats, who are now providing me with stories about current developments in Egypt. It is very common among diplomats that they are ready to give visitors an off the record insight in what is happening in their...
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 24, 2010
Various Islamic scholars responded to Bishop Bīshūy’s statements regarding a verse about Jesus Christ in the Qur'ān that he claims might have been added after Prophet Muhammad’s death. Dr. ‘Āminah Nusayr and Dr. Ahmad al-Sāyih said that the Qur'ān clearly states in more than one verse that Christ...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 27, 2010
At a conference organized by the Syndicate of Egyptian Journalists, Islamic thinker Dr. Safwat al-Hijāzī criticized shaykhs working at the recently shut-down religious satellite channels for their passive attitudes. He said that the authorities proposed four conditions, which, if met, would allow...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 20, 2009
This article sheds light on the different viewpoints about the application of hadd to apostates in Islam
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 30, 2009
This issue presents a number of articles on the freedom of expression and the freedom of creed, and also comments on a new film released in The Netherlands, which is trying to counter-act the harm caused by the controversial film ’Fitna.’
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 14, 2009
The proposal to limit the issuance of fatwás has stirred a great many responses, some of which are detailed in this article.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 19, 2008
Al-Dustūr reports on Mustafá al-Jindī’s request to forbid unauthorized people from issuing fatwás.
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 2, 2008 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 8, 2008
The author criticizes the phenomenon of fundamentalist shaykhs who insist on depicting Islam as a horrifying religion by focusing on hadīths that depict the torture of the tomb after death and link piety with superficial practices and appearances.
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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.