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Posts Tagged: "Egypt"

August 7, 2009: Islam and Modernity

August 7, 2009: Islam and Modernity

"You can’t say that religious opinions made over 1, 000 years ago are valid for all times," says Gamal al-Banna, a reformist Muslim cleric in Egypt. "We must have a revolution in the understanding of Islam, a revolution almost like Martin Luther’s."

Posted: Aug 7th, 2009  Comments: 6   Views: 9,505   
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June 5, 2009: Obama in Cairo

June 5, 2009: Obama in Cairo

Read comments and analysis by religious leaders, scholars, and others on President Barack Obama's speech to the Muslim world.

Posted: Jun 4th, 2009  Comments: 3   Views: 2,928   
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May 29, 2009: Obama and the Muslim World

May 29, 2009: Obama and the Muslim World

One thing Rep. David Price (D-NC) expects to hear in Obama's June 4 address is "a sense of humility that also has a religious undertone, that we recognize that we're fallible and that national causes are not to be identified in any unequivocal way with God's will."

Posted: May 29th, 2009  Comments: 0   Views: 2,802   
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