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Date of source: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
This article is about an ancient manuscript that
describes
the Islamic conquest of Egypt. The author says that its translation is biased and that the
translator tampered with
the original text.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The al-‘Assāl sons were the sons of a Coptic family who were
interested in science, literature and legislation, and who occupied vital positions in the Islamic era.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The tolerance
and justice the Islamic
conquerors showed encouraged Copts in Egypt to become integrated within the Islamic
society. Jamāl
Badawī sheds light on the Coptic culture during the Islamic era.
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2004
“Expatriates and orientalists had a significant impact on forging the Westerners’ image about Islam and Prophet Muhammad. Some of them were fair but others were wearing dark glasses and that is how they viewed everything as dark, the very color of their hearts, alleging Islam is a religion brought...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
The author states that Menachem Begin claimed that his ancestors had helped build the Pyramids but that this is untrue.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 14, 2005
Jamāl Badawī examines the early seeds of religion in Egyptian history.
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2004
Egypt has always been famous for celebrating the mulids [a folkloric celebration of the birth of a saint] of walis [a Muslim saint] and Christian saints. Both Muslims and Christians celebrate together regardless their religion. The mulids of Al- Hussein [the Grandson of Prophet Mohammad], Al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
For thirty-three years, the personal status court has been authorizing divorce for Copts, however divorced Copts are still denied a second marriage by the Coptic Orthodox Church law. Such a backlog of Coptic divorce cases has yielded a sense of psychological and social alienation on the part of...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 2004
Hani Labib, a Coptic intellectual, wrote a book called “Citizenship and Globalization,” in which he asks the question of whether the nation would still remain a “nation” in the midst of globalization. In his book, he asks whether Copts accept Arabism, and he believes that their rejection of Arabism...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
In one of the most brilliant articles on political intellect, Dr. Usāma al-Bāz delved into the depths of religious thought to come up with divine teachings with the rules of argument and differences.
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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.