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Date of source: Monday, May 18, 2015
After a three week journey abroad, Pope Tawādrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark, returned to Egypt. During his trip, he consecrated a number of churches in the Netherlands, presided over a conference on immigrant Monks in Italy and opened a new church in Austria....
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Ayman Muḥammad Rabīʿ al-Ẓawāhirī is a Muslim who claims that he is committed to bring the golden age of the caliphate back, and advocates a violent means of jihād to achieve his objectives. His own native country Egypt, along with many other countries, considers him a terrorist. During the 1990s,...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Dr. Shawqī Allam the Grand Muftī of the Republic has met with Ambassador Wafā’ Bāssim who is nominated to be the ambassador of Egypt in the Holy Sea. This is in order to seek religious cooperation between Eygpt and the Vatican in the coming period after the developments in the relationship between...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 13, 2015
A group of 64 French intellectuals demanded that there be a distinction made between anti-Semitism and general political criticism. In an open letter signed by the group in a French newspaper, the group claimed that it is the right of the Palestinians to have a state and to be able to achieve their...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Pope Frances sent Pope Tawadros a letter marking the second year since they met in the Vatican in 2013. Pope Frances reportedly stressed that their shared faith unites the two parishes now more than any time in the past. Remembering the Christians who have recently been killed in the Middle East,...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
The Pope led a conference of overseas churches in Austria last week with the goal of determining a 25-year plan to develop and expand the church world-wide. A source inside the Church said that the church has been prepared to hold the conference and implement its development strategy since last...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
Pope Tawāḍrūs is heading to Holland on Thursday on a pastoral visit that will last until Tuesday. He will then head to France and Austria to lead a large conference of bishops and churches from around the world. The Pope himself requested special security arrangements to be made to protect him and...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
Austria saw a sharp rise in xenophobia in 2014 as was witnessed in the rise in reports of right-wing extremist crimes throughout the country. In addition to the rate of xenophobic feelings rising by 82% , the rate of anti-Semitic feelings rose by 57% while the rate of Islamophobia rose to 42% over...
Date of source: Saturday, March 28, 2015
Pope Frances is calling for meetings and dialogues to take place among people of different religions and cultures in an attempt to increase understanding, saying that it is especially important that these meetings focus on Islam. In a letter that the Pope sent to Bishops around the world, he...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2016
Arab-West Report extends its condolences to the family and friends of the victims in the March 22 and March 27 terrorist attacks in Brussels and Lahore, as well as to all Belgians and Pakistanis. The terrorist attack at Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek Metro station in Brussels claimed the lives of 34...
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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.