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Date of source: Thursday, April 3, 2008
In an interview with Mahmūd ‘Īsá, Muslim thinker Jamāl al-Bannā elaborates on many of his controversial stances and honors the Qur’ān as the only authentic point of reference for Muslims. He also declares that the divine influence of the Qur’ān is not in the human interpretation of the Qur’ānic...
Date of source: Saturday, March 22, 2008
The author sheds light on the issue of translation in Saudi Arabia and Arab countries in general. He stresses the compelling need to establish an institution for translation and Arabization that can improve the academic and professional level of translation and enforce the use of Arabic language in...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The article reviews a four-article series published in the daily al-Ahrār on a recent book by Max Michel Hannā – known as Bishop Maximus – on his personal experience with leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church, as well as his so-called reformatory tendency.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The author thinks all Muslims are accused of terrorism unless they accept kneeling before the Western hegemony.
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2008
The article looks at a new religious survey, Freedom in the World, which claims that none of the Christian communities in the Middle East are completely free. The author analyzes the changing face of Christianity in the Middle East and the reasons behind its recent decline.
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2007
The article reviews three separate articles published by al-Usbū‘ on recent statements of the prominent Coptic businessman Najīb Sawirus, in which he was reported as criticizing the manifesto of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party as well as the increasing religious trend in society.
Date of source: Friday, November 16, 2007
The author criticized the Vatican declaration about the difficulty of engaging in dialogue with Islam and reported Egyptian reactions to the declarations. He also discussed the argument of the Speaker of the Egyptian Parliament, Dr. Ahmad Fathī Surūr at the Euro-Mediterranean conference that was...
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2007
The Ottoman Turkish genocide against the Armenian people is documented, proved and awaiting widespread international condemnation. The following lines present a background to the international reactions of the incident.
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2007
The Bibliotheca Alexandrina digitized some of the manuscripts of St. Catherine’s Monastery and included them in the fifth edition of the manuscripts’ digital library.
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2007
Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran’s statement provokes hostile reactions from some Muslim and Azhar figures in Egypt. The cardinal stated that the “absolute interpretation” of the Qur’ān makes dialogue between Islam and Christianity difficult.
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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.