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Date of source: Monday, December 29, 2003
Kuwaiti Minister of Education Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad announced yesterday that Kuwait is upgrading its school curricula in order to omit any texts that encourage religious extremism.
Date of source: Saturday, November 8, 2003
In comparing the conditions of Arab and Islamic societies today to their conditions centuries ago, it will be clear that the predominance of the “violent mind” has mounted. To be precise, however, it is the “culture of the violent mind” and not the “violent mind” itself that spread among large...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Dr. Pink presented her paper on teaching ethics and values in Egyptian schools at the international conference of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR) at Vilnus University, Lithuania, April 9-12, 2003. Egyptian schools strongly promote nationalism and development with an emphasis of...
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2003
The head of the Egyptian parliament referred an urgent request submitted by a Brotherhood parliamentary member concerning the criticism which the Minister of Education leveled at Qur´an schools to the Education Committee of the parliament. The minister said that such schools are responsible...
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2005
Cultural plurality is thriving thanks to up-to-date technology and the use of the Internet.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2002
The author comments on the main points which the US study “The Psychological Aspects of Islamic Terrorism” concludes should be changed in the Egyptian curricula. He refutes the claims of the study concerning education in Egypt promoting terrorism. He thinks that the study is very biased and...
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
Summary of the Ph.D. thesis of Revd. Dr. Wolfram Reiss about the Sunday School movement in the Coptic Orthodox Church with a focus on the role of Pope Shenouda III and Father Matta el-Meskeen and the place of the church in a Muslim society. Reiss´ study provides an excellent insight into the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2002
It is true that there is a general attitude of respect to the Christian faith, but this respect refers only to the Islamic perception of how Christianity should be, not the way it is. The fact that a new chapter about the Coptic era has recently been introduced in the Social Studies and History...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Our new boardmember Dr. Wolfram Reiss responded to the summary of an article of Rose el-Youssef (RNSAW, 2002, week 39A, art. 6) and wondered whether the Iqbal el-Saba´i, the author of the article had correctly presented the views of bishop Mounir, head of the Episcopal Church in Egypt, and sheikh...
Date of source: Saturday, October 5, 2002
A Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary member asked the Egyptian prime minister to follow the example of the American president and prevent the mixing of boys and girls in schools.
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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.