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Date of source: Thursday, December 29, 2005
Discussions in Arab media on interpretation of the Islamic sharīa.Excellent interview with Pope Shenouda about sensitive topics.Dr. Hassan Wagīh about religious discourse and Western media taking verses of the Holy Qur’ān out of context.
Date of source: Saturday, August 13, 2005 to Friday, August 19, 2005
A recent rumor about a girl in the Rast ān state of the Sultanate of Oman, who has turned into a monster the moment she took a copy of the Qur’ ān, which her mother was reciting it and threw it on the floor, has proven to be untrue. The girl has been admitted to the Sult ān ī hospital in Muscat.
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2005
No one could deny that the 1980 amendment of the second article of the Egyptian Constitution to have the Islamic sharī‘a [law] as the main source of legislation has raised a lot of sensitivities for the fellow Coptic citizen, whether inside or outside Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, October 27, 2002
Youssef Sidhom printed in March an article written by the Saudi Prince Talal Bin Abdel - Aziz on the importance of The Survival of Arab Christians, and was criticized for this by a reader who presented him an article with a list of examples of how Christians are treated in Saudi Arabia.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
In the drama that followed the republishing of the Danish cartoons across several European nations, the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus, and also the Danish Consulate in Beirut, were all burnt down. These incidents prompted those foreign ministers to advise their people to leave Syria...
Date of source: Thursday, December 8, 2005
Many people believe that female circumcision is an important social and religious custom that ushers girls into womanhood.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2000
Yesterday, Pope John Paul visited the Holy Lands... Among the principal reasons for this visit is improving the relations between Christians, Jews and Muslims. Still, the Pope will have to pass through religious and diplomatic obstacles. Some of the Jordanians said they have their doubts about the...
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 1999
Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalily, the grand mufti of Oman, has said that there are two reasons for the spread of Islam. First, there is the internal reason that has something to do with its principles and articles of faith, including its morals and values to humanity, as contained in Qur`an and...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 6, 1999
The RNSAW has made excerpts of the annual report on International Religious Freedom for 1999 with a focus on religious freedom in the Arab World; Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestinian Authority, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab...
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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.