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Date of source: Friday, March 10, 2000
The Jordanians succeeded in persuading the Pope to visit the new baptism site [where Jesus was supposedly baptized] in Bethany in Jordan on March 21. The Jordanians claim that John the Baptist had been baptizing the believers in this place. In addition to that the Jordanian Minister of Tourism...
Date of source: Sunday, January 10, 1999
Sub-titles: The issue of Jerusalem will not be solved through negotiations, be ready for other options. I refused to visit Bethlehem because the Israeli flag profanes its lands. We have to take an action to face the Israeli nuclear domination
With confidence, faith and cheerfulness, Pope Shenouda...
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2000
"No compulsion is there in religion" is a rule which Islam has set, respecting other heavenly religions [Judaism and Christianity]. It has even set rules of Shari’a concerning dealing with followers of other heavenly beliefs...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2000
A large number of the Azhar scholars have expressed their disapproval of the visit of Dr. Sayyed Tantawi, Sheikh of Al-Azhar and Dr. Ahmed Omar Hashim, [Azhar] University president to occupied Palestine with an Israeli visa.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 23, 1999
Israel concentrated its evil efforts to provoke sectarian strife among Palestinian Muslims and Christians in the city of Nazareth. The Israeli government allowed the construction of a mosque on 700 feddans near the Church of the Annunciation in the town.
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 1999
The construction of a mosque in Nazareth has not caused a crisis between the Vatican and Israel, which will "very warmly receive" Pope John Paul II next year, Israel’s envoy to the Holy See said on Friday.
Date of source: Thursday, November 25, 1999
Churches in the Holy Land unlocked their doors Wednesday after a two-day shutdown in protest at the building of a mosque in Nazareth but tensions inflamed by the project were still running high.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 23, 1999
Pilgrims shed tears of frustration at the locked door of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity on Monday as Holy Land churches shut in protest over plans to build a mosque near a Christian shrine in Nazareth.
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 1999
Four leaders of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, were released on Sunday and flown to Qatar after the case against them was dropped, Prime Minister Abdur-Ra’uf S. Rawabdeh said.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 1999
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) said on Tuesday it had asked the Latin Church to exclude the West Bank from a two-day Christian strike protesting at the building of a mosque in Nazareth, Jesus’ home town.
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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.