Displaying 1 - 10 of 81.
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2012
I eagerly read al-Ahrām's interview with Dr. Muhammad 'Imārah on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 entitled "National unity is our lifeline now". Some questions and answers in this interview whetted my curiosity.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 17, 2012
I am writing down these comments after I noticed, read, and saw that during the past days some people insist on propagating incorrect information about the election of the new patriarch and evaluating these elections through the criteria of the parliamentary elections although the two are different...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Dr. Khālid al-Sa'īd, spokesperson of the salafī front, denounced accusing salafists of storming a Church-owned land affiliated to the Shubrā al-Khaymah Archdiocese and calling to perform prayer in it. He was surprised from circulating these false news, according to him. While Dr. 'Isām Dirbālah,...
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah told Arab West Report that a plot of land owned by the Saint Mina (Mār Mīnā) and Saint Mercurius (known as Abū Sayfayn, Arabic for "the holder of two swords") Church in Shubrā al-Khaymah was trespassed by a number of Salafists. The land is adjacent to a Church...
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
Bishop Pachomius, acting Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, deserves appreciation and respect for many reasons:
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
I am not exaggerating when I say that all Egyptian citizens, and Christians especially, were awaiting the announcement of the new Coptic Orthodox Patriarch. The patriarch will succeed the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III who had the ideas, history, and accomplishments of more than 41 years...
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox papal election, which was held on October 29, 2012 deserved appreciation for being organized from the moment I entered until I finished voting. The procedures were simple without any obstacles.
Date of source: Thursday, October 18, 2012
Life in Egypt today, especially following the 25th of January 2011, consists of seasons and in our Egyptian colloquial language a season is a specified, limited period involving certain events (by the word season the author means a particular issue that draws all people’s attention and dominates...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Since 2006, the conflict over the ancient church of Mār Marqos of Rosetta has continued as Judge Muhammad Mustafá Kamāl Triānīlī claims that the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate sold him the buildings of the Church by way of assignment.
Conversely, Bishop Bachumius, Metropolitan of al-Buhayrah,...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Following the escalation of protests against the anti-Islam American movie, Abū Islām Ahmad ‘Abd Allāh, the manager of al-'Ummah Satellite channel who is known for his hard-line Islamic attitudes, ripped up the Bible in front of the U.S. Embassy in Cairo (1). "I wanted to convey a message to...
Pages
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.