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Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
The image Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin wanted to force on the verses of the Qur’an was that God has created humans in pairs and those that had no hearing, vision or mind; just moving animalistic objects that grow in experience and the way of language with which they communicate.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2004
Some are taking positions in their trenches to defend the practices and deeds of certain figures in history and regard them part of what they call the Qur’anic generation that provides a paradigm and an applicable model of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2004
Ramadan is again upon us: The Islamic holy month of fasting begins on Friday, October 15. We should all hope that U.S. forces in Iraq don’t make the same mistake with regard to it this year that they did last.
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, June 7, 2005
An extended summary of seven articles in a Dutch daily newspaper describing an average Christian family in a Muslim society. Two family members and the editor of AWR responded to the text. The article gives a good description of what it is to be an average Christian in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Saturday, August 3, 2002
The article traces the origin of the slogans of political Islamic groups and comments on them. It shows the difference between jihad and killing and explains the true meaning of “Crusades” and “Zionism” and how political Islamic groups served both of them while claiming to fight against them.
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2002
Christian reporter Nagy George, critical of US Coptic activists, passed away.
Report on a visit to the monasteries of al-Muharraq, al-Qussia and Assiut.
Description of the conversations on difficulties around expanding the Monastery and Muslim-Christian relations in the area with Bishop Thomas of...
Date of source: Saturday, December 14, 2002
The author refutes the criticism leveled against his series of articles on the punishment for apostasy in Islam. He is accused of lightly esteeming the companions of the Prophet and believing that “apostasy wars” were launched for political reasons.
Date of source: Saturday, December 21, 2002
The author believes that Muslims should reevaluate their understanding and practice of Islam. He believes the reason for their defeat in many fields is because they judge everything through the eyes of Islam. Confessing defeat and accepting criticism would be a sincere beginning towards victory.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Many intellectuals in the Arab and Islamic world are killed in the name of defending Islam. Muslims should stand firmly against such crimes because of their dangerous effects on Islam and on people’s security, freedom of belief and right of ijtihad.
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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.