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Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 16, 2008 to الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 22, 2008
The conservative cleric Yūsuf al-Badrī has requested that the Islamic Dā‘iyah Su‘ād Sālih publicly repent over three fatwás concerning her stances toward artists, as well as her rejection of divorce via SMS.
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون الثاني (يناير) 4, 2008
The authors of the article argue that citizenship is the only solution to achieve equality between followers of different religions in a country. They discuss the issue with Muslim and Coptic intellectuals.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 21, 2007
The following text presents a number of the most popular Islamic Dā‘iyahs in the modern time.
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 19, 2007
The press review detects the ongoing discussions in Egyptian press on the chaos of Fatwás, especially the reactions to the recent Fatwá of the Egyptian Muftī Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah who refused to consider the Egyptian young men who drowned on the Italian cost to be martyrs.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 11, 2007
The Muftī of Egypt faced a storm of criticism following his ’controversial’ remarks about the Egyptian youths who died on the Italian shores while trying to cross the border illegally in search of a better life, in which he condemned their illegal acts and refused to consider them martyrs.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 24, 2007
The article deals with the danger of "globalizing" Fatwás. A group of Muslim scholars from outside the Arab world highlight the effect of issuing general Fatwás on Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries. The author cites more than one Muslim scholar who stress that Fatwás should be specific to...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2007 to الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 19, 2007
Shawqī ‘Isām reports on a recent polemic Fatwá issued by Dr. ‘Abd Allāh Samak prohibiting Muslim females from hiring taxis unless they are escorted by mahrams. cIsām described the Fatwá as naïve, presenting opinions of Muslim scholars who criticized it.
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 26, 2007
Muḥammad Nūr reports on the opinions of Egyptian Muslim scholars about a recent Fatwá allowing time-limited marriage contracts.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2007
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī files communiqu?©s to the General Prosecutor against those who he thinks abuse religion or have different opinions.
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 14, 2007 to الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2007
Rose al-Yūsuf magazine publishes a report about the spread of Zāwiyahs in the streets of Cairo. The weekly magazine reviews a report published by the U.S. Los Angeles Times about Zāwiyahs.
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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.