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Date of source: Wednesday, July 9, 1997
The text is a summary of an article in AlAhram, Egypt’s most influential daily, in which the author argues that Israel and the USA are trying to create religious tensions in Egypt by targeting Islam. The author reports that a picture of the Prophet Mohammed as a pig on the Holy Qur’an came at the...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Martin Accad argues that there are many misunderstandings about certain realities in the Middle East, the first of which has to do with the use of the term "terrorist." He also discusses apocalyptic forms of Islam and Christianity, and how people can help the situation.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The majority of Muslims believe in the second coming of Jesus
Christ at the end of
time. A number of Muslim scholars refute this belief, arguing that there is no definitive
evidence in the
Qur’ān for the second advent of Christ.
Date of source: Thursday, March 30, 2006
Sayyid ‘Atiya is well-known in his home city of Beni Suef where he claims that he can cure people of diseases and sorcery using the Qur’ān, the Bible, the Psalms and "the science of letters,” as he calls it.
Date of source: Monday, December 8, 2003
Damanhour city is going through a state of agitation because of the Muslim Brotherhood and their dominance over it. The Brotherhood demolished 17 shrines of holy men in the city under the pretext that they are idols. The demolishing of some of these shrines were carried out under the supervision of...
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 2003
The writer gives a brief overview of a book titled “Al-Gafar” about the truth of the expected mahdi. He believes that the establishment of Muslim self-power is more important than waiting for a person who will come at the end of the age…Judgment day.
Date of source: Saturday, March 29, 2003
The magazine approaches many Muslim scholars for comments on the reality of the awaited Mahdi and when he will appear, if he is a real figure.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 2003
The author believes that there is no convincing reason for stopping the TV program "Ro´a” [Revelations] which hosts Muslim scholars and psychiatrists to interpret dreams. The program is said to have prompted the imminent coming of the Awaited Mahdi.
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2003
Interviews with Christian clergymen on the end of the world and the events that precede it, the Massieh El-Daggal [false Christ] and the second advent of Jesus Christ.
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2003
A sheikh told people that the Masseikh El-Daggal [anti Christ] and the Awaited Mahdi are born. When people know that the end is coming, they tend to forget their problems and crises because they have a ready solution [the end] which will sweep away all economic, political and social crises.
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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.