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Date of source: Friday, April 27, 2001
Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi and Bishop Bissenti differ concerning Eve’s creation from Adam’s rib. The former rejected the idea, arguing that it would belittle women’s position and stressed that it was not mentioned in Islam. Bishop Bissenti said that this fact is assured in the three heavenly religions...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar wrote an article on the cosmic verses in the Qur’an. In this article he wrote that the revealed books before the Qur’an were all lost or altered. Therefore, the Qur’an is the only book where reciting it is like praying. The author believes that Al-Naggar should not have...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 25, 2001
Pope Shenouda stressed that he had good relationships with the political leadership in Egypt. He advised emigrant Copts to work for keeping the reputation of Egypt, explaining that the Christian leadership there has the ability to understand the situation in Egypt more than any other outside group.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Professor Abdel-Sabour Shahin and Dr. Omar Abdel-Kafi explained everybody in Heaven will be thirty-three years old, the age of Christ when he ascended to Heaven [according to the Muslim version of the story]. They will also be as big as Adam, as good-looking as Joseph, and as well spoken as...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2001
The author believes that Muslims and Christians are still learning from each other. He expects Muslims to explain their religion to Christians and expects them to accept Christians’ explanation of their religion. Muslims have a difficulty that Islam talks about Christianity, while Christians do not...
Date of source: Saturday, April 14, 2001
A British Catholic turned to Islam after 15 years of working in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. He founded an Islamist party in Britain. This party may be the only legal Islamist organization there.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
This is the full text of an article written for Christianity Today in the US. It gives an overview of the Egyptian responses against the visit of a delegation of the US Commission for on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Many church leaders and observers believe the American focus on...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood group decided to suspend Seif Al-Islam Hassan Al-Banna’s membership in the group. Ma’amoun Al-Hodeibi notified him that he had told all the Brotherhood leaders to ignore any personal decisions taken by him without consulting the group [Brotherhood]. Al-Hodeibi asked Al-Banna...
Date of source: Thursday, April 19, 2001
Lawyer Nabih Al-Wahish introduced a new notification against Nawal Al-Sa’adawi, in which he asked the General Attorney to file a Hisba [the right of a Muslim to defend public morality, suing on behalf of religion] suit against Al-Sa’adawi to separate her from her husband as she has denied the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2001
One of the newspapers ran an interview with Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi, in which she was asked her opinion about going on pilgrimage and other issues. The author argues against her opinions and claims that her knowledge of Islam is poor.
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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.