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9. Egyptian members of Parliament call for not quoting Qur’anic verses during parliamentary sessions
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Egyptian members of Parliament Zaynab Radwan and Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, who both belong to the governmental religious trend, fiercely criticized some members of Parliament who quote from the Qur’an during parliamentary sessions. The justification for their call is to avoid mispronunciation of Qur...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 21, 2004
In Al-Rehab City [a satellite city northeast of Cairo on Cairo-Suez road], the building of a church was canceled. So Christians living in this city have to attend a church in Cairo, which is very exhausting. There are six mosques inside Al-Rehab City. Both Muslims and Christians contributed to...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
There are arguments among the Copts about the call for the Misr Al-Umm [Mother Egypt] Party by some intellectuals who claimed that secularism respects and deepens national unity. But Coptic intellectuals emphasize that national unity has nothing to do with the principles of that call, which is...
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 2004
Mariam [Mary] is a name that is common among Muslim women. In fact, you cannot be a true Muslim unless you greatly revere Mary and her son Jesus. The Holy Qur’an mentioned that Mary was one of the best women on earth and she was known for her extreme piety. The Qur’an also mentioned that there were...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
A couple of days ago, BBC aired a children’s program produced by Comedy Central, an American channel, which coincided with the celebration of Eastern Easter. The film depicted Jesus Christ being killed by Iraqis who also tortured Santa Claus.
Perhaps the showing of this program reduces the...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
Eton College decided to appoint a Muslim imam to teach its students Islam. The Muslim imam is an Oxford University graduate, and many people welcome his appointment as they think that it is a positive initiative.
The College already has a Catholic priest, four evangelical pastors, and a Jewish...
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 2004
The Western, Christian churches took up the idea of militant Christianity from the Byzantine Empire, which was the complete opposite of the Christianity Jesus left behind. The Western Church launched vicious Crusade wars against the Islamic East that lasted two centuries, from 1096 until 1291.
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 2004
Coptic émigrés of the U.S. depend on imaginary and misleading reports about the reality of Copts in Egypt, who are living in one of their most prosperous epochs since the entry of Islam into Egypt. The Zionist Christian churches in America and the International Jewish Lobby support Coptic activists...
Date of source: Friday, April 16, 2004
In the American Webster’s dictionary, the third international edition, anti-Semitism was defined as “hostility toward Jews as a religious or ethnic minority,” and another definition was “anti-Zionism and anyone with sympathizes with the enemies of the state of Israel.” Dan Walsh, an advisor to the...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
In an interview on Egyptian television last Sunday on the occasion of the Holy Easter, Pope Shenouda expressed his opinions on the issues of anti-Semitism, the responsibility of Jews for the killing of Christ and the concept of the “chosen people” in reference to Jews. The opinions of Pope Shenouda...
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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.