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Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2005
The school textbooks of the Azhar, especially those of the secondary grade, were authored to make a thousand Bin Lādins instead of contemporary ‘ulamā’s who can stand up against terrorism.
Date of source: Sunday, June 26, 2005
French newspaper Le Monde has recently dedicated a supplement on the status of Christians in the Arab world and neighboring countries, particularly Iran and Turkey.
Date of source: Saturday, June 25, 2005
Sāmir, a 15-year-old Christian Iraqi, was kidnapped and blindfolded by a group of veiled persons, then led to a dark place, forced to eat raw rice and beaten by a whip so that his screams are recorded on tape to send for his folks and blackmail the
Date of source: Sunday, June 26, 2005
People of the high-sounding religious tone insist on describing Christian Egyptians as dhimmīs [non-Muslims living in a Muslim state, who in return for taxes receive safety and protection], which is a language more likely to disintegrate the core of national unity.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Muslim conquests have liberated lands and conscience and that is why Muslims entered those fierce battles against the Byzantine and Roman occupation armies that suppressed the east for 10 centuries – from Alexander the Great (356-324 BC) to Heraclius (610-641).
Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2002
The political speech of the Brotherhood since the early 1990s reveals a new awareness that violence leads to an impasse. With the leadership of Al-Hudaiby, the Brotherhood will be more mature in dealing with the State. It will also have a historical chance to re-introduce itself to the Arab...
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2002
Human rights is the most controversial subject in the dialogue between Islam and the West. Muslims criticize many human rights [violations] in the West. Likewise, the West criticizes the human rights of Islamic countries. Each one evaluates the human rights of the other from its own point of view.
Date of source: Friday, July 26, 2002
The Pact of Umar is a document purportedly signed by Umar, the second caliph. It is the source of the restrictive regulations on non-Muslims embedded in the Shari´a. It has been used as the model for Muslims´ treatment of dhimmis [protected non-Muslims] from the Middle Ages down to today...
Date of source: Sunday, August 4, 2002
Islamic thinker Muhammad Emara praised the national stance of the Coptic minority in Egypt, and their wise behavior against imperialistic attempts to use minorities to fracture societies. He explains the difference between the usage of the word “minorities” in the West and in Islamic societies. He...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2002
In the article, Bishop Dr. Yohanna Qulta talks about the birth of Christ describing it as a beam of God´s light. He also speaks about national unity in Egypt stressing that being believers of different religions has never been a barrier before the coherence of Muslims and Copts. He believes that...
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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.