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Date of source: Thursday, February 18, 1999 to Wednesday, February 24, 1999
Many young people are coming to believe that Urfi marriage is the only legitimate alternative to premarital sex, which is condemned as sinful. Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, called upon the government to ban Urfi marriages at a Fair seminar last week, saying that "these...
Date of source: Monday, February 15, 1999
Sheikh Abloush, the former secretary-general of the Azhar Front of Scholars, has been accused of founding a secret party of Muslim Brothers inciting religious strife and defaming the Azhar. Other Azhari’s want him to be removed from this prestigious university.
Date of source: Thursday, February 4, 1999 to Wednesday, February 17, 1999
An overview of the position of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 20, 1999
The state honored the Coptic writer, Counselor Edward Ghali El-Zahabi, former Chief of the Court of State (hai’it Qadaya el-Dawla), an authority on the study of the rights of non-Muslims in an Islamic society, and a former member of the People’s Assembly, on the occasion of the Holy Mulid of the...
Date of source: Friday, January 15, 1999
When general Habib El Adly took charge of the Ministry of Interior, he started a new security era. Some of his characteristics are calmness, self- confidence, objectivity and intelligence. General Habib El Adly is adopting the slogan " no one is above the law". The Minster also responded to...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 30, 1998
The author went himself to el-Koshh to investigate the claims of the Sunday Telegraph. He spoke to members of the Boctor family, relatives of Karim Tamer Suleiman Arsal who was murdered on August 14 and the family of the arrested witnesses.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 6, 1999
Many donations are given at mosques associated with members of the Prophet Mohammed’s family, like Sayeda Zeinab or Al-Hussein, or those in which a shrine or mausoleum has been erected to the glory of pious and revered figures.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 13, 1998
Dr. Sufi Abu-Taleb became the chairman of the Egyptian Parliament in a very important period of Egyptian history, during which he discussed ways to apply Islamic jurisprudence to Egyptian law . In this interview he expresses his views on Islamic sharia, Jerusalem and other topics.
Date of source: Friday, October 9, 1998
Arguments are given against orfi marriage from an Islamic point of view.
Date of source: Monday, September 7, 1998
If Copts do not agree on using the Canon Law of the Coptic Orthodox Church for inheritance issues, they can resort to the Sharia, Islamic law. Many, writes Rose el-Yousef, do.
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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.