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Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The Egyptian parliament yesterday debated the movie, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ at the request of several Coptic members, who demanded a ban on both the movie and the book for being blasphemous to Jesus Christ. The Egyptian minister of culture, Dr. Fārouq Husnī, vowed to ban the movie and to pull the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2006 to Friday, June 16, 2006
Archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl refutes allegations by
Dan Brown, the
author of the novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’, that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and had
children with her,
asserting that Christianity stands on the important pillar of the Divine Being of Christ
and thus it is never...
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2006 to Friday, June 16, 2006
The
author, Father Rafīq Grish, the head of the press center of the Catholic College in Egypt,
publishes a study
about Dan Brown’s controversial novel ‘The Da Vinci Code’ in a bid to refute the book that
sold over 50
million copies all over the world and was adapted into a movie shown for the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
The Egyptian churches have agreed not to seek a ban on Dan Brown’s controversial movie but will instead launch anti-Da- Vinci-Code campaign.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
When first published, the “DaVinci Code” was banned from many Arab nations, including Egypt and Lebanon. The film version is now also being banned in many nations, but it will play in Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and the UAE. There is a fear, however, that the censoring of the film may serve to increase...
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
The Islamic-Christian Institution in
Jordan has recently issued a statement in
which it condemned The Da Vinci Code, saying the movie is a direct
assault on Christ which hurts the
religious sentiments of both Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
Fādī
Habashī interviews Bishop Mousā, the bishop of youth, and discusses
with him the current problems
Copts are facing.
Date of source: Sunday, May 28, 2006
Daniel Henninger argues that given the popularity of ‘The Da Vinci Code’, conspiracy theories clearly have no limits.
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2006
Discussions within the
Christian church over ‘The Da
Vinci Code’ film, and whether or not the film should be censored.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 30, 2006
AWR writes about claims that Muslims are funding the movie ‘The Da Vinci Code’, and calls for one standard for all, pointing out that Muslims alone should not be attacked for cashing in on ‘The Da Vinci Code’, since Christian publishing houses have also published the book.
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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.