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Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 12, 2022
The September 2020 Webinar “Comparing inclusive Citizenship in Egypt with Europe,” led to a discussion about the so-called Covenant of ʿUmar, also known as the Capitulations of ʿUmar, a 9th-century document prohibiting church building, the rebuilding of destroyed churches, and displaying a cross on...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2019
Dr. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm Rīḥān, General Director of research and archaeological studies in South Sinai, has confirmed that religious tolerance in Egypt was a historical reality. He cites a Quranic verse calling for the preservation of Christian, Jewish and Islamic sacred sites. The verse itself, Verse 40...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 2011
Contents I. Jansen’s argument: Copts are killed when they violate the Shari’a II. My comment: Jansen should have mentioned the general lack of security in Egypt III. Jansen does not know about the construction of new churches in recent years IV. Does the Shari’a prohibit the building of churches...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2009
The author discusses the dangerous rise in sectarian strife in Egypt.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 4, 2007
Eng. Kamāl Fawzī Dūs, a member of the Egyptian Businessmen Council in Emirates, highlights three different frameworks that governed the way non-Muslims should be treated in Muslim communities. He adds that these frameworks secured equality among citizens, giving them the right to build and restore...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 5, 2006
For the third week, Pope Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam and
the Prophet
Muhammad have made headlines in Egyptian national and independent newspapers. A number of Muslim
intellectuals devoted their columns to refute claims about the spread of Islam by the sword. Some Muslim
scholars...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2001
The statement of the Sheikh of the Azhar concerning attacking Israeli civilians is a true expression of the Islamic faith. However, Sheikh Al-Qaradawi refused it, not for religious reasons but for political ones. Al-Qaradawi’s opinion could be accepted if it was expressed by a politician. However...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2001
The author expressed his support to Pope Shenouda in urging the government to put legal restrictions on the use of priests and monks uniforms, because unlike the Muslim sheikhs, they have spiritual authority over their followers.
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.