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Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Ten years ago, extremists in the streets of Syria used to chant “Alawites to coffins and Christians to Beirut.” According to what people who escaped the Syrian turmoil to the Lebanese city of Zahlé on the borders with Syria have told me when I toured the area back in 2014, the chanting has evolved...
Date of source: Thursday, June 6, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs congratulated Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyeb, on the Muslim holiday of ʿĪd al-Aḍḥā over the phone this morning, on Wednesday, June 6.
Date of source: Saturday, May 18, 2024
On behalf of Prince ʿAlī bin al-Ḥusayn, Jordan's Minister of Culture, Hayfāʾ al-Najjār, opened the 17th conference of Christian youth students on Saturday, May 18.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, had a telephone conversation with Pope Tawāḍrūs to extend Easter congratulations.
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2024
The Copts of Egypt stand by the Muslim community in their rejection of Israeli aggression and display of solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine in general.
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2023
Presidential candidate and leader of al-Wafd party, Dr. ʿAbd el-Sanad Yamāma, met with Pope Tawāḍrūs II at the papal residence in the cathedral in ʿAbāssiya, where Pope Tawāḍrūs welcomed Dr. ʿAbd el-Sanad Yamāma and his accompanying delegation.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2023
Journalist Ashraf Ḥilmī, who lives in Australia, denounced the return of salafī preacher Abū Islām on his privately owned TV channel al-Umma. Ḥilmī says that Abū Islām aims to resume his “dirty” war on Christianity and practice his takfīr on all believers.
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2023
During an address welcoming a French delegation of journalists, politicians, and writers, Pope Tawāḍrūs spoke on the role of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, as well as the status of Christians in the country and wider region. He warned of the dangers that would result from a diminishing...
Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2023
The city of Luxor in southern Egypt has become a paradigm of amity between Muslims and Copts during the holy month of Ramaḍān after Rūmānī Ramzī ʿAjāybī and his son Bīshūy hosted the largest māʾidat al-raḥman (charitable ifṭār) for their Muslims neighbors in Egypt. The father and son provide this...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
During a weekly sermon on Wednesday at the Saint Mark Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāsīya, Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church offered his congratulations to Muslims over the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramaḍān.
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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.