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Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
This report explains the escalations following the alleged conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam. Much background is given to the cultural context that explain why such an issue is so sensitive in Egypt. The report also shows that several of the organizers of the demonstration in Cairo have done...
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
Azhar education has remained unchanged and undeveloped for a long time in accordance with an axiom that the seventh century in the Arabian Peninsula was the best of times ever. Through the ages, the Azhar has also proved so lenient as to change with the developments.
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2005
The Community Council [Majlis al-Milli] of the Diocese of Luxor and Armant Isnā held a commemoration service for the Egyptian family, which fell victim in the dreadful massacre that took place in Jersey City, the USA.
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2004
Throughout the history of the Orthodox Church patriarchs have been using the right to defrock priests and punish bishops and monks in order to protect the Church teachings or to stop heretics. In the very modern history of the Church, many persons have been subjected to these punishments. Several...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
Montasser Al-Zayat mentioned that Ayman Al-Zawahri and Usama bin Laden would commit suicide, if they felt that they would be arrested. He stresses that they have the shari’a-related sources that justify committing suicide in the case of fear of being captured and facing pressures to divulge...
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
The article is a comment by Montasser Al-Zayyat on the criticism Ayman Al-Zawahri leveled against him in his recently found memoirs "Fersan taht rayet el-nabiy" [Knights under the Flag of the Prophet]. He said he was surprised, like others, at the text of the initiative being read in the Military...
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
In his book "Knights under the flag of the Prophet," Ayman Al-Zawahri directed much criticism against Montasser Al-Zayyat, the fundamentalists’ lawyer, for sponsoring the initiative to cease violence. Al-Zawahri claimed that Al-Zayyat enjoys security facilities that many ministers do not enjoy and...
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The article gives an overview of the history of Refa’i Ahmed Taha with the Gama’at Al-Islamiya and how he started his relationship with Usama Bin Laden after the many conflicts between him and the Gama’at. The Luxor massacre of 1997 and the initiative of denouncing violence were the main reasons...
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001 to Friday, November 16, 2001
Dr. Rifa’at Al-Said, the general secretary of the Tagammu opposition party, believes that Islamizing politics is the essence of terrorism and that the Muslim Brotherhood were the first to use terrorism. He stresses that that Islam is not a fertile ground for radical thoughts as some people claim.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
The state considered that the problems of the Copts were a source of headaches, preferably to be avoided. Some people claim that the state relaxed after Pope Shenouda was returned to his seat by a new appointment decree. They considered the pope, to be the representative of the Copts in all...
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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.