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Date of source: Monday, February 27, 2006
The 9th Assembly of the World Council of Churches has convened in Porto Alegre, Brazil, to discuss some key issues among which were the Muslim-Christian relations in the Middle East.
Date of source: Sunday, February 26, 2006
The author reports about the week of prayer, organized by the Middle East Council of Churches, to bring together all Christians from different churches and denominations in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2006
Pope Shenouda III said that the World Council of Churches is supporting the Egyptian church’s endeavors to give an impetus to Muslim-Christian cooperation.
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2006
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is chairing a meeting of the World Council of Churches held in Brazil accompanied by a delegation of senior clergymen from the Egyptian Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
Last Friday morning an agreement was signed by the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi and Pope Shenouda III.
Dr. Al-Sammaan, the deputy head of the Azhar Permanent Committee for Inter-religious Dialogue, stated it is for the good of Islam that the Azhar Committee maintains good...
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2005
The Women Committee affiliated to the Middle East Council of Churches held a forum in Cairo where the participants debated citizenship, pillars of coexistence for all citizens, the risk of marginalization, reasons behind some youths’ poor belonging to the country and disengagement between religion...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2004
In 1951, while he was still a deacon, Pope Shenouda III wrote an article in
Madāris al-Ahad [Sunday School] magazine expressing his stance against joining the World
Council of Churches (WCC).
Date of source: Thursday, February 24, 2005
The World Council of Churches that is comprised of Orthodox and Protestant churches advised its members to seriously consider not investing in companies that help the Israeli government in the occupied territories of Palestine. It is well known that the American Protestant Church has already taken...
Date of source: Thursday, December 20, 2001
The press release summarizes the text of the charter the Arab Christian-Muslim Working Group which is working closely with the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC). The charter expresses a shared commitment of Muslims and Christians to engage energetically in "working together to promote...
Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2001
Al-Usbua of November 5 claimed Dr. Tareq Mitri and father Khalid Akasheh rejected describing Islam as a heavenly religion in the final session of a Muslim-Christian conference. Dr. Mitri wrote the RNSAW and denied he said this. Dr. Muhammad Selim Al-Awa supports Dr. Mitri and praises him for his...
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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.