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Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Jayson Casper analyzes the Coptic Orthodox Church's response to the recent ‘Umrāniyyah church riots, a dispute with security forces over the legality of a church construction project that left two dead and dozens arrested.
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
An official source at the Islamic Research Academy said that the Virgin Mary movie is just an illusion, saying that the Azhar did not receive any script for a movie involving Virgin Mary. However, he added that the rule of not portraying prophets in movies is applicable in that case, because the...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
Muhsin Rabī‘, the head of the Department of Jewish Antiquities, has denied that the halting of reconstruction at the Jewish Synagogue in ‘Abbāsiyyah has anything to do with politics or prejudice.
He says that Jewish synagogues are part of Egypt's history, chalking the work stoppage up to a lack of...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
The Cairo Airport Authority is taking precautionary measures to ensure the safety of hundreds of Jews coming from Israel to take part in Mawlid celebrations that commemorate the death of Abū Hasīrah Ibn Ya‘qūb, a 19th century Jewish rabbi whose shrine is in Beheira.
The "Over My Land They Won't...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
Mustafá talks about Shaykh Qaradāwī’s controversial comments on Shiites during a television interview, saying that they should not live amongst Sunnīs.
He says that the danger in Qaradāwī’s remarks lies in his huge influence on the Islamic world. Mustafá also says that Qaradāwī’s comments on the...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Ghazūlī begins by saying that worldwide, the separation of religion from politics and church from state is currently under pressure.
"Today, strong currents...in the West are mixing religion and politics and giving the church a growing role in public affairs; so are we to do the same?" the writer...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2010
A National Democratic Party candidate in Beni Suef sparked controversy for distributing campaign flyers with his photo set next to a photo of the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus in an attempt to win over the Coptic vote. Ibrāhīm Sharīf with the Egyptian Union for Human Rights said that the actions...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Mustafá opens with a story about famous Egyptian writer, Anīs Mansūr. The moral of the story is that people in Egypt have been made to follow religious, political and cultural leaders blindly. He says that the average Egyptian has lost the ability to form his/her own personal opinion. He criticizes...
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2010
Over 1 million Sūfīs head to the Red Sea’s Humaythrah Valley today in celebration of the Abū Hasan al-Shāzlī Mawlid. Secretary General of the Sūfī chiefdom Ahmad Khalīl said that the Sūfī supreme council managed to convince the authorities to continue with the mawlid, which they had planned on...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2010
The Azhar has ignored Bishop Bīshūy’s comments and has called for a meeting with the Islamic Research Academy tomorrow to discuss the issue. The Ministry of Endowments issued a statement saying that the Qur'ān was written before Prophet Muhammad’s death but gathered after, and that non-Muslims do...
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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.