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Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of the Azhar, formerly Egyptian Mufti , compared the US invasion of Iraq to the liberation of Mecca in an interview with the Al-Hurra channel last week. He explained that US forces came to aid the people of Iraq and rescue them from the tyranny,...
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2001
The author replies to Soheir Labib A’azer’s comment on his article "The Pope and the apology." A’azer believed that most of what the author wrote was incorrect and was prejudiced against the Pope. However, the author stressed that he did not lower the importance of what the Pope did.
Date of source: Friday, April 20, 2001
Pope Shenouda apologized that he would not be visiting Iraq, at the invitation of the Catholic Chaldean Patriarchate, to attend a conference on Christian peace.
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
Sheikh Omar Al-Bastawsi, the head of the Central Administration for Public Relations and Media in the office of the Sheikh of the Azhar, said that the agenda of the Grand Imam did not contain any visit to Iraq during this year. Only Pope Shenouda confirmed receiving an invitation to visit Iraq.
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
An Iraqi newspaper "Al-Nasseriya" reported that the Sheikh of the Azhar, Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel and Pope Shenouda III, the Pope of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark will visit Iraq soon, as an expression of their solidarity with the Iraqi people against...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Pope Shenouda exalted the climate of freedom and democracy; all Egyptians live in, in the shade of the leadership of President Mubarak. He said that the idea that Jews are God’s chosen people is wrong. He criticized the Vatican for discharging Jews from wronging Jesus Christ and shedding his blood.
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2001
Pope Shenouda agreed with the General Secretary of the Middle East Council of Churches, to delay the visit of the council to Iraq, in order to prepare for it and coordinate with the Iraqi church regarding the agenda of the visit.
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
It was expected that the visit of Pope John Paul II would start in Iraq, as did the trip of Abraham. He would then go to Egypt passing by Palestine. It was hoped that this trip would draw attention to the suffering of the Iraqi people and the hunger that was harming children before adults. However...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
Father Makarios Yusef of Abu Qurqas told al-Wafd about how he convinced AFP-correspondent Lachlan Carmichael about the unity of Muslims and Christians in Abu Qurqas. The RNSAW spoke to Carmichael who referred for his opinion to his article in the Middle East Times.
Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 1999
Pope John Paul, expected to visit Iraq early in 2000, inveighed yesterday against continued sanctions against Baghdad, saying many Iraqis had died because of lack of medicines. "I wish to express once against my solidarity with the Iraqi people and I am particularly close in prayer and hope to the...
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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.