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Date of source: Friday, March 31, 2006
Discussion of the issue of marriage between a Muslim woman and a non-Muslim man.
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2006
In its last issue, Al-Fajr published the story of a Christian woman who converted to Islam and divorced her Christian husband to marry a Muslim. The paper was accused of provoking sectarian sedition and taking sides. Therefore the paper published a priest’s response and a legal clarification.
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2006
A lawyer, famous for helping Copts convert to Islam, calls for giving more freedom to any one who wants to convert to Islam.
Date of source: Monday, August 25, 2003
The author comments on the issue of divorce in Christianity through giving many examples of Copts who want to get divorce through the Maglis el-Mili [Coptic Orthodox Community Council] but are not able to. The Maglis el-Mili holds a meeting every Wednesday to examine their problems. Bishop Bola,...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 26, 2003
The writer gives an overview of a book titled: [Objective views on the fatwa of a wife becoming a Muslim unlike her husband… Should they be separated?] The book is written by Islamic intellectual Dr. Abdel ‘Azim Al-Mata´ni. He refuses the fatwa of Sheikh Al-Qaradawi that allows a woman who...
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2005
A paper presented at the annual interfaith dialogue meeting of the Anglican communion and the Permanent Committee of the Azhar al-Sharif for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions that prompted criticism from Metropolitan Seraphim for the portrayal of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 5, 2002
The sense of danger implied in the idea of the inter-civilizational clash pushed a lot of thinkers and politicians to adopt the issue of inter-civilizational dialogue. The world knew other kinds of dialogues, for instance, the dialogue between the North and the South, the Arabic-European dialogue...
Date of source: Monday, October 3, 2005
Hanīn says that he discovered that when he was engaged to Yahya, she was married to a Muslim man named ‘Abd al-Fattāh.
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
Jirjis Hilmī ‘Āzir discusses the thorny issue of Egyptian Christians converting to Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 3, 2004
Dr. Al-Awa stated that Copts are no longer Ahl-Al-Dhimma [free non-Muslim subject living in a Muslim country, who in return for paying capital tax, receives protection and safety] Instead they are the original natives of Egypt. When Egypt was occupied by European countries, Copts and Muslims united...
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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.