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Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2000
The Vatican Pope meets in his visit to Egypt with Pope Shenouda, which is a historical meeting by all measures. The disagreement in beliefs between the Orthodox and the Catholics starts with the state Virgin Mary was born in. Catholics believe she was born like Jesus [that is, without the original...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2000
Egypt will receive this week His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Catholics number 300 thousand citizens in Egypt. In spite of their different denominations, not one of them came out to claim that there is persecution in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, January 28, 2000
The people who support this new law do not only believe that this law is a cultural necessity, but they believe that the Muslim woman enjoyed more rights at the beginning of Islam... The dean of the [Azhar] Faculty of Theology [’Usul el-Din], Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi is one of the supporters of the...
Date of source: Friday, January 28, 2000
The Personal Status Law is still the focus of discussions among people. In spite of the fact that this law is important for society, some jurists consider it a game where everybody can talk and show off their fields of knowledge... Dr. Abdel-Fatah Al-Sheikh, the former president of the Azhar...
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2000
"No compulsion is there in religion" is a rule which Islam has set, respecting other heavenly religions [Judaism and Christianity]. It has even set rules of Shari’a concerning dealing with followers of other heavenly beliefs...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 1999
Khilafa [the rule of a caliph, a successor of Mohammed who holds both worldly and religious responsibilities], the republic, monarchy; these are different forms of government systems. Which of them represents the Islamic system? Dr. Mohammed Selim Al-Awa, the Islamic thinker, expresses his...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 1999
The punishment for Ridda [apostasy] from Islam was not stated clearly in the Holy Qur’an like the punishment for stealing. However, it was mentioned in two not-agreed-by-all Hadiths. The scholars did not consider such Hadiths while giving opinions, to the extent that Dr. Mahmoud Shaltout, the late...
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 1999
Pope Shenouda is planning to visit London, America and Canada.
Date of source: Monday, February 1, 1999
Dr. Abd Al Mo`ti Al- Bayoumi called for establishing a new jurisprudence that can cope with the requirements of the age. The author disputes the need for this.
Date of source: Monday, December 14, 1998
An Egyptian from Port Said became the secretary-general of the Islamic Union in the USA. There are ten million Muslims in the US, attempting to become a pressure group, penetrating all positions.
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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.