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Date of source: Sunday, July 14, 2002
Patriarch Erinious of the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem deposed Father Attallah Hanna, the official spokesman of the church, and appointed a Greek priest in his place because he had refused to condemn martyrdom operations – which followers of the Church considered was submission to Israeli orders....
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2002
"We plead with you as Christian leaders, who are concerned about both Palestinians and Israelis and with the future of their children, to help both sides equally implement peace and justice."
Date of source: Sunday, April 14, 2002
People paid attention to the Christian presence in Palestine only when Israel besieged the Church of Nativity. The Christian dimension of Palestine was present ever since the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is a great part of the daily battle of the Palestinians, as Israel does not distinguish...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 21, 2004
In the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, one fact is made evident while another is totally eclipsed. The evident fact is the way the Palestinian intifada is ascribed to Islam and Islam is linked to terrorism, while the absent fact is the role of the Christian Palestinians. The former...
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: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
The
Samaritans are a small group that does not exceed 654 persons worldwide. The creed of the
Samaritans is that God is one, whose divine nature is absolutely spiritual, Moses is His sealed
[last] Prophet and the Torah is the Holy Book. They also believe that Mount Gerizim is the only
true...
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2005
For Arab Christians, this Christmas my have been a time for introspection, but for Arab Muslims it was time for some serious thinking. The last holiday season more than any other in recent memory witnessed events of inclusions and exclusion, both sad and dramatic, symbolically.
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2001
Sheikh Fawzy Al-Zifzaf said that inter-religious dialogue does not mean obliging the follower of another religion to accept a certain religious belief or to make him agree with a new religion that combines the teachings of all religions. He added that there is no dialogue with the Jews as Jewish...
Date of source: Sunday, December 16, 2001
On the occasion of Christmas, London and a number of other British cities host the Palestinian Christian choir of Shafa Amr [A city in Galilee]. The choir attracted the attention of the British media as it represents its religious shows at the time when the Palestinians are facing very brutal...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Intensive talks between the Sheikh of the Azhar and Pope Shenouda concerning putting together a joint plan to stop Israeli violations of Islamic and Christian holy places, are now taking place. The Israeli forces have destroyed two mosques and a monastery on the West Bank.
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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.