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Date of source: Thursday, June 30, 2011
MEMRI made excerpts of an interview with Egyptian screenwriter Wahid Hamed, which aired on Al-Hayat TV on June 5, 2011. Wahid Hamed is certainly right that “Differences of opinion between people or politicians should never be construed as opposition to the religion. Religion is sacred to all. […]”...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 20, 2011
During a forum held in Cairo on Tuesday April 19, 2011, Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamāl announced that he does not fear the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), adding the group would abandon a religious state model, like in Iran, and favor the Turkish model instead.
He nevertheless emphasized that the MB...
Date of source: Friday, April 1, 2011
Arab-West Report, April 1, 2011 Title: Interview with Ibrāhīm al-Huḍaybī (former member of the Muslim Brotherhood and political activist) about the current situation in Egypt
Authors: Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Arndt Emmerich and Judit Kuschnitzki
Introduction of Ibrāhīm al-Huḍaybī:
I am Ibrāhīm al-...
Date of source: Thursday, February 3, 2011
AWR latest news (edited by D.Mueller-Ehrhard,IT-consultant,Germany)
Sat. Feb. 12th:
By now we have found a way to reorganize work with the office still closed by people working mainly from home and abroad from The Netherlands, the U.S., Turkey and Germany. After positive developments in Egypt we...
Date of source: Friday, December 10, 2010
The author Yūsuf Zīdān recently revealed that, after having been translated into Anatolian, his controversial book “‘Azāzīl” has become the second best-selling book in Turkey. He also revealed that his new book “al-Nabatī” is currently the best-selling book in Egypt and that the publishing house...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
Egyptian newspapers have been hinting at the prospect of a civil war after the suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria.
Clashes and protests by Christians erupted after the attack, and many say that these types of incidents could...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
In this final installment of a three part series on the life of Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, Professor Stefan Wild of Bonn University paints a picture of the life and work of the late Egyptian scholar....
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2010
Over the last several weeks, controversial remarks by Bishop Bīshūy of Damietta and Islamic thinker Dr. Salīm al-‘Awwā have filled the pages of the Egyptian newspapers. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman provides a recap of the events....
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2010
In a conference in Istanbul, Grand Mufti Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah said that Islam is completely against discrimination of all kinds and that religious faith should not be a reason for people to be enemies. He said that Islam’s view on the Abrahamic religions is one of cooperation, integration, and common...
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2010
The article tackles a working paper presented by the Catholic churches in the Middle East on Christians’ conditions in the region and the challenges facing them.
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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.