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The writer criticizes and refuses the idea of prohibiting new ijtihads about divine texts and judiciary rulings. He also comments on the case of Dr. Hamid Nasr Abu Zeid.
The writer gives a brief comment on the presence of Bishop Yohanna Qulta in the conference on renewing the religious discourse which he covered in a previous issue. He writes that he was happy for the participation of Bishop Qulta and that his word in the conference reflected his knowledge of Islam...
The article covers a symposium held in Paris about renewing the religious discourse under the title “Consultative meeting about scientific means to renew religious discourse.” Among the papers discussed in the symposium was a paper sent by Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid.
The author believes that banning religious books is “dirty detective” work that should not be practiced by sheikhs.
Those who consider bank profits for deposits unlawful are mistaken and those who considered them lawful failed to present a sound reasoning. This is due to the fact that the two groups lack knowledge about the circumstances that accompanied the appearance of profits.
Jamāl al-Bannā defends the value of the freedom of expression, and criticizes the Islamic Research Academy’s censorship over books.
Hassan Al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, introduced Islam as a way of living and gave rise to the Islamic missionary activity. He was not a leader but a da´iya. He was a pedagogue to a wide group of people. In these two facts lies the greatness of Al-Banna.
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.
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...
Islam agrees with secularism in that it does not acknowledge the theological state and in granting life and man’s activities in life their rights. In Europe where the values of Christianity are opposite to the values of secularism, there has been a kind of controversial interaction between...

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