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Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2004
During Lent in 1976, the restoration and enlargement of the church of St. Macarius at the Monastery of Abu Maqqar [St. Macarius], the relics of John the Baptist and Elijah were found next to the sanctuary of Pope Benjamin.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The story of Sheikh Kamil Rayan is not simple. He is a Muslim activist who had been pursued by the Israeli Shabak [Israel’s General Security Services] and was sent to the Al-Naqab Desert to work as a teacher in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy him.
They also fired both him and his wife from...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
Muhammad Emara tried in his column the Friday before last in Al-Akhbar newspaper to withdraw the insults he directed against Christianity, the faith of a large segment of Egyptian society. We find his attempt - as a whole - positive, and we hope that he will never in the future return [to such...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
Some foreign organizations that advocate freedom of individuals to be homosexual have increased pressure on Egypt to recognize gay rights, regardless of how applicable this idea is to different societies. Human rights organizations in Egypt have reaffirmed the Egyptian society’s conservative...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
Some human rights organizations believe that the Egyptian government violated the rights of a group of Egyptian youth who were practicing homosexual relationships. The objection displayed by these human rights organizations raises critical issues that result from cultural differences within the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
Each nation has its own special culture and beliefs. It is true that there is a common human culture but, still, some basic differences remain.
The file of homosexuality is still open and the issue is raised every now and then in reports released by outside human rights organizations. This file...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
The change that Saad Eddin Ibrahim advocates aims at only one thing: that extremists reach power. He was recently quoted in the newspapers as saying, “Extremists in power are better than the ruling dictatorships that are present now.”
It is as if Ibrahim wants to take revenge against the state,...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
The U.S. president George W. Bush uttered a famous phrase: “The ideal marriage is that between a man and a woman.” It appears Bush is standing against many issues that are considered controversial for the American people, like abortion and gay marriage. Bush made use of these disputes [on the issue...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Novelist Hassan Dawoud, whose novels have been translated thus far into four languages, said that Western publishing houses search for their interests and profits first. Translating from Arabic is very expensive because experts in the language are rare, causing publishing houses to be very careful...
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Al-Usbua received documents that confirmed that eliminating the Azhar institutes comes as part of the plan to Americanize the religious discourse in Egypt and the Arab World. Washington believes that the religious educational curricula instill hatred against all things American. For the U.S. to...
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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.