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Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2001
Foreign intelligence reports have revealed that Ben Laden has nominated the Egyptian Mohammed Atef, known as Abu Hafs, as his successor in the event of his arrest or death. Arab witnesses backed the report whilst officials from the White House said that arresting Ben Laden, although highly...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
The leaders of Jihad, the terrorist group, have announced that they will resume their armed activity against the government system in Egypt. They will continue until they manage to overthrow it. The announcement came in the editorial of the first edition of their new magazine, "Al-Mujahidun."
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2001
This article is a response to Dr. Mohammed Gam’a’s comment on Atef’s Abdel Ghani’s article on the foundation of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya. The latter wrote that Mohammed Othman Ismael played an important role in founding the Gama’at Al-Islamiya. Gam’a tried to raise doubts about the role of Ismael...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
The author explained that he did not mean to criticize the article of Fahmi Howeidi about establishing an Islamic party [see RNSAW, week 52, article 4] in his article "Playing with fire, sheikh!." It was rather a rational discussion of all the points mentioned in Howeidi’s article. He also pointed...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
The imminent Bar Syndicate elections caused conflicts among the Brotherhood members. The Guidance Office chose Mohammed Toson to fill the place of Mokhtar Nuh, the ex-treasurer of the Bar Syndicate, now sentenced to three years imprisonment. By doing so, it ignored Ahmed Rabie, the committee’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 6, 2000
For the first time, disputes among the pastors of the Free Methodist church are taking place. The problem started when disputes between many pastors of the Church and the head pastor of its General Council became widespread. This was due to the accusations of lying, stealing, cursing, violating the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 6, 2001 to Friday, January 12, 2001
Though Christians are not religiously obliged to visit monasteries, they often do. They are usually offered food. It is a good chance for young people to meet and get to know each other. Some church groups visit monasteries and then move to the nearest beach for a kind of entertainment.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 3, 2001
The unique religious, historical and political site, located inside the Muqattam cliff, began ten centuries ago as the church of Saint Samaan [Simon], and developed into a monastery and eight churches. Stories told describe the appearance of the Virgin Mary, and how the whole cliff was moved from...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 3, 2001
Prof. Joseph Sedqi, former head of the National Cosmological and Geophysical Research Institute, explained why Western Christians celebrate Christmas on December 25, whilst Eastern Christians celebrate it in January. It is due to different calendars and not religious difference. He calls for...
Date of source: Monday, January 8, 2001
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated Christmas on January 7. The Saturday evening mass, which lasted 2.5 hours was broadcast live on Egyptian TV. Many prominent Egyptians were present. Channel 3, interviewed Pope Shenouda, the Grand Imam and others about national unity. Of course, both Muslims and...
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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.