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Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 13, 2005
Islam stands on belief and sharī‘a. As for the belief, it is not subject to constitutional provisions or parliaments due to its sensitivity on the one hand and because the freedom of worship, a democratic principle that has to do with human rights, is guaranteed on the other.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 13, 2002
Sheikh Atiya Saqr stressed that he would not withdraw his statement about prohibiting shaking hands between men and women, as this is stated in a true hadith. He said that he would not take the trouble and respond to those who criticized his fatwa, as some of them deny the sunna. He added that if...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 9, 2002
Sheikh Attiya Saqr issued a fatwa to the effect that shaking hands between men and women is haram [religiously forbidden], as men touches the hands of women with the aim of satisfying their desires. Some Azhar professors and Islamic thinkers believed the fatwa to be strange and extremist.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 29, 2002
Gamal Al-Banna is the brother of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood. However close he got to the Brotherhood, he did not integrate into their group. He tried to establish a new Islamic strategy that is fit for the 21st century. He claimed that his call for Islamic revival does not evolve in the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 2, 2003
The writer gives a brief comment on an article written by Abdel-Latif Abdel-Karim titled “The Azhar’s expression of opinion is not the reason for the terrorism and tourism crisis,” Al-Qahera, August 26, 2003. In this article Abdel-Latif Abdel-Karim comments on an article by Gamal Al-Banna: “For the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 26, 2003
The author comments on an article by Gamal Al-Banna in which he called upon the Azhar to “forget about banning books for the sake of Egypt.” The author argues in favor of the Azhar giving its opinion concerning religious books. “It is not the Azhar’s rejection of a certain book that creates...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 15, 2003
Comments on the article of Dr. Zeinab ‘Abdel Aziz in October Magazine in which she attacks Christian faith. Articles like this have a negative impact on Arab-West and Muslim-Christian relations.
Dutch Catholic priest Brother Piet Lindner, friend of AWR, passed away.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 6, 2004
Rifa’at El Sa’id, a leftist leader, wrote that the Muslim Brotherhood has to apologize for what it has done previously. He quoted their new leader as saying “the Brotherhood does not apologize.” The Muslim Brotherhood is not the only group that refuses to apologize, because the culture of arrogance...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 24, 2004
A few days ago, I witnessed a highly sophisticated intellectual discussion at a lecture in Paris given by Gamal Al-Banna. In his lecture, he outlined the main points of his project: To purify the heritage of all the deposits that separate us from the Holy Qur’an. He said that we live in a confused...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 14, 2004
I dearly appreciate what Hani Labib wrote in his book “Al-mowatna wal-Awlama: Al-Aqbat fi mogtama’ Motaghayyer” [Citizenship and Globalization: Copts in a Changing Society] at a time when many Egyptian writers, most of whom are Muslims, attempt to hit Egypt’s Arabism and dissociate it from...
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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.