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Date of source: Monday, June 22, 2020
Dutch journalist and Arabist Eildert Mulder is deeply impressed by the book Ihya ‘Ulum al-Din’ [Iḥyā’ ‘Ulūm al-Dīn] by the medieval Islamic scholar Abu Hamid al-Ghazali [Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī] (c. 1058 – 19 December 1111), parts of which have great value for those who wish to understand human...
Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Dr. Tarek al-Gawhary, MA Azhar University, PhD Princeton University, advisor to Sheikh Dr. Ali Goma’a. explained the thought process in Islamic Law and how a Muslim jurist can think about the concept of inclusive citizenship in a historical context. The basis is in the Constitution of Medina or the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 26, 2020
Anglican Archbishop Mouneer proposed the title Comparing inclusive Citizenship in Egypt with Europe. The comparison with Europe was important to the Archbishop since it is not all rosy in Europe, yet Mr.Belder chose to focus on Egypt alone.
Mr.Bas Belder is a former journalist for the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2019
A new problem has emerged in Egypt in recent days. It is about the freedom of Christian women in general to change their religion to Islam and the consequent possibility of marriage to a Muslim and the transition from a Christian family to a Muslim family. This is the background of tensions...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 8, 2020
The concept of citizenship, the author argues, is in line with the Islamic Sharīʿa . Citizenship has already been applied by the prophet and his companions.
The author is in strong disagreement with the presentation of former Dutch Member of the European Parliament Bas Belder. Belder refers, based...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
It is important to pay attention to the minority in Lebanon since the main effects of the events in Syria are about a shift in the political weight of power, and maybe a change in geography as well, given the discussion of division in Syria.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Armenian Catholic Bishop of Damascus George Asʿadūryān said he met with officials from the “new authority” in Syria and received assurances about Christians, asserting “there are no threats posted to Christians at present as the situation is currently quiet.”
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.
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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.