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Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2001
Sheikh Fawzy Al-Zifzaf said that inter-religious dialogue does not mean obliging the follower of another religion to accept a certain religious belief or to make him agree with a new religion that combines the teachings of all religions. He added that there is no dialogue with the Jews as Jewish...
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
The Egyptian Cassation court postponed until January 16, 2002, the hearing of the appeal lodged by Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The American Embassy in Cairo issued a statement in which it expressed its concerns concerning the postponement of the examination of the appeal. Ibrahim’s lawyer criticized...
Date of source: Friday, December 28, 2001
Christianity Today published a long article by Cornelis Hulsman about H.H. Pope Shenouda and Father Matta el-Meskeen, two major reformers in the contemporary Coptic Orthodox Church. The article is presented in this issue of the RNSAW with permission of Christianity Today. You will find here...
Date of source: Sunday, December 23, 2001
Accusing Muslims of rejecting Christianity and Judaism because of their belief in Islam is an absurdity. The Qur’an and the Sunna acknowledges both religions through their belief in Moses and Jesus Christ. It is true that there are some Muslims who are stubborn regarding the acceptance of the other...
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2001
Sheikh Yahia Ismail was dismissed from the ’Usul Ed-din [fundamentals of religion] Faculty, at the Azhar University. He had objected before to the Sheikh of the Azhar receiving the Israeli ambassador to Cairo - which the Grand Imam considered an insult directed against him.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
The Sheikh of the Azhar lost a lot of his supporters because of his latest statement about attacking Israeli civilians. All who saw the massacres committed by the Israelis against the Palestinians rejected his statement. Sheikh Al-Qaradawi believed that his statement was unrelated to reality.
Date of source: Thursday, December 20, 2001
The press release summarizes the text of the charter the Arab Christian-Muslim Working Group which is working closely with the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC). The charter expresses a shared commitment of Muslims and Christians to engage energetically in "working together to promote...
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2001
Report about a visit to the location of the church-to-be in Al-Ubur City. A practically empty spot of land in a desert which is designated for building was found. The location had not been ’stormed’ by police and no people had been arrested as the US Copts Association had claimed. Photographs of...
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
News often gets reported without checking the facts. This is what WorldNetDaily.com did when it reported about the press release of the US Copts Association. Press releases such as this one create confusion and make Copts in the US grow apart from Copts in Egypt. Some activists in the US believe...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The head of Al-Ubor city ordered his police forces to destroy the only Church in the city just hours after the church opened its doors and held its first prayer meeting according to a Press release sent out by the US Copts Association. The Coptic Orthodox Church had obtained all proper permissions...
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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.