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Date of source: Saturday, February 4, 2006 to Friday, February 10, 2006
In this interview, Dr. Muhammad Farahāt argues that the way of thinking of the Islamic has witnessed many changes during the last twenty years.
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Wā’il Lutfī writes on the pressure the Muslim Brotherhood are putting on the government to ban certain works of art that they claim to be a threat to public morality.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005 to Friday, November 25, 2005
Wā’il Lutfī provides an overview of the French novel, Monsieur Ibrahim et Les Fleurs du Coran by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, and critiques its representation of Muslims.
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It is suggested that highly influential dā‘iya, cAmr Khālid is promoting a type of Islam that is acceptable to the United States, appeasing angry youth during the invasion of Iraq, thereby serving US interests in the area.
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The author examines ‘Amr Khālid’s connections to the middle and upper class Egyptians and his new brand of televised piety.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Wā’il Lutfī writes about ‘Amr Khālid as a phenomenon.
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2004
Minister of Information Dr. Mamdouh Al-Beltagui requested that “A girl from Shubra” [Bent Min Shubra] be screened before the Church and the Azhar before being aired on Egyptian television. We say that the decision of the minister is unwise. Nothing in the television series raises the necessity of...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
The most respectable artistic magazine in Egypt, Al-Kawakib [The Stars], published an article about the views of the new preacher Amr Khalid on art. Although superficiality of Khalid’s opinions is expected, deception is not accepted. Amr Khaled applied a cunning trick to corrupt the original...
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
We can rest assured to consider the recent fatwa issued by the Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta [Fatwa-giving House] rendering haram [unlawful according to Shari’a] the practice of the yoga sport as one of the most serious during the past few years. This fatwa inspires an attitude of close-mindedness towards...
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2004
Over time, a new genre of preachers has appeared--those who specialize in social and family counseling, which is a well-known profession in American society. But those who practice it in Egypt have given it an Islamic shade, and thus, they have played an important role in attracting thousands of...
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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.