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Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
On personal level, the Pope’s apology to the Arabs for their persecution during the Crusades and later campaigns is a praiseworthy, responsible, and courageous effort to atone for his forefathers’ sins. On a general level, opening the door of apology raises questions as to whom and on behalf of...
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
This editorial is a response to a previous article by Al-Wafd Editor-in-Chief Said Abdel Khaliq published in the March 30 edition of the Wafd Weekly. The original article makes reference to a minority of Copts living in the United States who ran advertisements in opposition to the Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2000 to Saturday, April 15, 2000
What is the reason of the dialogue between religions, and how should it be? This question was raised after a debate between Jewish, Christian and Islamic delegations in the conference on ’Dialogue between religions’ in Jakarta, February 2000, where the conversation turned into an Apologetic...
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2000
In this article, Youssef Sidhom wrote about "Unifying the rules that control building, expanding and restoring the worship places in order to achieve equality among all citizens in spite of their different religions." Sidhom wants equal rules for building mosques and churches.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
Mr. Alber Azer Bareh presented his second complaint against Mr. Youssef Sidhom, the editor-in-chief of "Watani" newspaper because the attitudes of Watani affect social peace and the patriotic unity. He said that all the Muslims and Christians are enjoying freedom in the age of President Mubarak. He...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
"Extremism Association" changes according to the circumstances. Extremism that creates terrorism cannot be destroyed from the first time because it aims at destroying the Egyptian society. This association wants the Egyptian people to go back to the stone age. This association gained strength from...
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
The state of peaceful relations between Egyptian Muslims and Christians has occupied a prominent place in the media as of late. Although the existence of religious tolerance and absence of religious conflict are often portrayed as an achievement and source of pride, in actuality, they reflect the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
The Ministry of Al-Awqaf declared recently that the mosques that are present inside the clubs do not follow the ministry. This made us think thoroughly of what was said because in these mosques, religious lessons are held, and preachers are preaching. Leaders of clubs ask preachers to come and...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
Last century, the calls for setting the woman free were repeated by various notable figures. But, this century we have a different call in which it states the lessening of the woman’s role. Sheikh Omar Abdel Kafi issued several fatwas concerning birth control. He believes that a boy is better than...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
Dr. Omar Abdel Kafi turned out to be a big lie. He clamed that he had obtained a PhD and masters degree from the Azhar University, but this turned out to be untrue. The great surprise was that Sheikh Omar Abdel Kafi was not registered among those who had been studying at the Azhar University. What...
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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.