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Date of source: Friday, April 21, 2006
An interview
with Pope Shenouda III to find out the reasons why he rejected the judicial ruling enjoining the church to
grant
remarriage permits to Copts who obtain divorces through the courts.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
An article about the Muslim Brotherhood’s intent to establish a state that has a religious, and not civil nature, and the attitude of the Muslim Brotherhood towards the Copts.
Date of source: Monday, November 10, 2003
The article discusses the issue of renewing Islamic discourse from a prospective of being dictated by the American Administration. The author mocked the American demands for renewing the Islamic religious discourse stressing that this issue is the exclusive concern of Muslims.
28. The fish symbol is a special sign on Copts´ cars, and a bomb that threatens the “national unity”
Date of source: Monday, September 8, 2003
The writers comment on a new phenomenon of Christian youth. It was noticeable that most of their cars have the symbol of a fish. The writers try to find out the meaning and reason behind this symbol, which they believe threatens national unity.
Date of source: Thursday, July 31, 2003
Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi believes that some of the Islamic religious discourse expressions are no longer accepted by non-Muslim minorities in Islamic countries. For example, the word “dhimmis.” He believes that this word can be substituted with “citizens.” He adds that the age of globalization...
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: Saturday, March 15, 2003
Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi explains the true Islamic approach that should be followed by preachers when addressing Muslims and non-Muslims. He believes that using the word “citizens” is better than using “Dhimmi” in referring to non-Muslims. He rejects the approach of some preachers, who terrify...
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2005
Arab-West Report decided to work on a more systematic basis with Coptic human rights activist Rā’id al-Sharqāwi. Rā’id has in the past been involved in several investigative reports for AWR about sensitive issues after Western media had reported about incidents in Egypt. AWR believes its media...
Date of source: Sunday, June 26, 2005
People of the high-sounding religious tone insist on describing Christian Egyptians as dhimmīs [non-Muslims living in a Muslim state, who in return for taxes receive safety and protection], which is a language more likely to disintegrate the core of national unity.
Date of source: Friday, July 26, 2002
The Pact of Umar is a document purportedly signed by Umar, the second caliph. It is the source of the restrictive regulations on non-Muslims embedded in the Shari´a. It has been used as the model for Muslims´ treatment of dhimmis [protected non-Muslims] from the Middle Ages down to today...
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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.