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Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2005
The thing I liked most about Anbā Bisantī’s interview was that immense amount of candor, clarity and free expression of ideas but I was uneasy about some ideas he mentioned.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
The U.S. State Department, together with the C.I.A., has finished the 2005-2006 report on the U.S. policy towards the Middle East. According to the report, the U.S. government will demand that Egypt remove all the barriers hindering the role of civil organizations.
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
The social, religious and political changes in Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) era made some tribes and families convert to Islam while others retained their religions. Muslims are ordered to always be peaceful, unless they were attacked.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Some authorized jurists declared that Islam forbids attacking the Dhimmis and the civilians and urges on protecting the human being. Such statements are, for sure, correct. However, it cannot be applied to the situation in Israel.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Sheikh Al-Qaradawi criticized the declarations of the Sheikh of the Azhar in which he condemned attacking innocent civilians from any denomination or country in response to the killing of 30 Palestinians in Jerusalem. He believed it to be a declaration that let down the Mujahideen in their war...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
The November 23 article of Al-Musawwar, "Is the West still Dar Kufr," resulted four days later (November 28) in a campaign by the US Copts Association against the use of the word kuffar for Christians. The association claims that calling someone a ’kafir’ [’kafir’ is the singular of ’kufar’] is a...
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2001
According to Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, there are three kinds of kufr [unbelief]. There is atheism [elhad], which is a total denial of the existence of the Almighty God. There is polytheism [shirk], which means believing in more than one god. The third kind is the denial of Islam and the message...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
The state considered that the problems of the Copts were a source of headaches, preferably to be avoided. Some people claim that the state relaxed after Pope Shenouda was returned to his seat by a new appointment decree. They considered the pope, to be the representative of the Copts in all...
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2001
The book "Treatment of Non-Muslims in the State of Islam," by Ibrahim Suleiman, refutes the claims accusing Islam of being a religion of fanaticism that blots out freedom. It also discusses the principles of the Islamic Shari’a regarding the treatment of non-Muslims.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2001
The crisis of Al-Nabaa turned into a human rights issue. Coptic organizations abroad expressed the opinion that Copts are a persecuted minority in Egypt. The website claims Copts demand Muslim females be allowed to marry Christians, preventing Christian women joining Islam, and broadcasting...
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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.