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Date of source: Saturday, February 21, 2004
The article discusses
the subject of Gnostic Christianity or sacred knowledge in Christianity. The author associates
between the faith of Ikhnaton, ancient Egyptian pharaoh and Gnostic Christianity.
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2004
A special
version of the book containing the Gnostic scriptures was released in the United States in
English, translated from Coptic in 1977. Later a public version was released in 1981 under the
name of “Nag Hammadi library.” The book contains 47 pieces including a paper by Plato. The...
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
Has President
Mubarak’s call to renew religious thought been seriously tackled on all levels of the ruling
party and the government-owned media or not? Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami, owned by the ruling National
Democratic Party, continued its attack on secularists on the pretext that secularists are...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2005
European-Islamic relations are full of concerns. Active Christians in European churches are afraid of the rise of fundamentalist Islamic nationalism, and secularists are concerned with the interference/encroachment of religion into their (public) lives.
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2005
With the 100th anniversary of the 1905 law, known as the law of Laïcité, or secularism in France, many French voices have started to call for expanding the ban on all religious symbols, especially the hijāb [veil covering a woman’s hair]. They want to apply this law within all hospitals,...
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2005
Umāra opposes Western efforts to make Islam accept Western modernism and secularism, including the separation of religion and state.
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
A symposium organized by Watanī newspaper, at the Qinā governorate city of Najc Hammādī, called for the reinforcement to the core of citizenship by encouraging co-existence, creation of common shared activities that would serve to bring together all Egyptians and requiring youth to practice their...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
Referring to Fukuyama’s article Their Target: The Modern World, in which he concluded that Muslims are against religious tolerance and secularism, I would like to forewarn of the consequences of confusing the ‘modernization of Islam’ with the ‘Western secular modernity’, which the West imposes on...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2005
In an interview with Al-Qahira newspaper, Dr. ‘Abd al-Wahhāb al-Musayyarī, an eminent Muslim scholar, reveals his thoughts on separating religion from government.
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2001
Francis Fukuyama wrote an article in the Arabic edition of Newsweek. In that article he analyzed the current events in light of the relationship between the West and Muslim world. He considered Islamic fundamentalism an enemy to the West worse than communism. He also said that the struggle was...
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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.