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Date of source: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Jamāl As‘ad comments on Bishop Thomas’ lecture given at the Hudson Institute, stating that Bishop Thomas is an agent of the Zionist agenda.
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
Jamāl As‘ad criticizes the recent tendency in
the Coptic Orthodox Church to
view the pope’s opinions, whether they are religious or political, as something to be
followed. Whoever
rejects these may be accused of being kāfir [apostate].
Date of source: Tuesday, October 21, 1997
Gamal Asa’ad
discusses the role of the Arab Christians, and Samuel Huntington’s clash of civilizations.
He rejects
outside interference in the affairs of the Copts suggesting that such interference is for the benefit of
the
US and is carried out on the pretext of protecting the human rights...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 9, 2006
The author links Israeli practices and the massacres in Lebanon and other Arab countries to texts of the Torah and urges Arabs to take a strong diplomatic stance and protest the killings and havoc in a neighboring Arab country.
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
A
tense relationship exists between the
Pope and emigrant Christians because they used to oppose the systems of the
state and the president and they
do not submit to the Pope’s opinions.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
The author affirms in his
article that the Copts are not an ethnic
minority that is separate from the rest of the Egyptian people, urging the
church to stop trying to play a
political role and to shoulder its responsibility of encouraging Copts to
participate in the nation’s
political process...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
The author talks about the repercussions of the serious economic problems in
Egypt, urging the government
to solve these problems to protect youths from extremism.
Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2001
The brutality of the attacks of September 11 made Europe and America disclose their true feelings against Arabs and Muslims, who were accused right away after the attacks. These real feelings show the West, which claims to be democratic and considerate about human rights is not. The whole issue is...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Jamāl As‘ad re-opens the thorny debate concerning the alleged abductions of Christian girls in Egypt, claiming that most girls are not kidnapped, but leave home for other reasons, and that stories of kidnap allow the family to avoid shame.
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2003
The author criticizes the fact that verses from the Holy Bible and the Qur´an are interpreted in a way that does not suit the spirit of both religions and are exploited for political ends. He believes that religious thinking and discourse should be reconsidered to enable Egyptians to face the...
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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.