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Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2001
The European Council for Fatwa and Researches issued a fatwa that allows a non-Muslim woman to stay with her non-Muslim husband after converting to Islam. Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi, the head of the council, believes that this opinion agrees with the Qur’an and goes with the needs of the non-Muslim...
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2001
Coptic writer Sadeq Aziz expressed the opinion that the Islamic Shari’a does not contradict Christianity and that most of what it contains agrees with Moses’ law. He added that Christianity does not have any positive laws and that the teachings of Jesus Christ cannot be applied as laws governing a...
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2001 to Friday, June 8, 2001
The Vatican expelled bishop Emanuel Melingo because he married a Korean woman in a mass wedding ceremony held by the "Mon" group, which is rejected by the Catholic Church.
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
The Orthodox Church does not recognize the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, Plymouth Brethren and Evangelists. It considers them as sects that have deviated from church references that are based on the Holy Bible, ecumenical councils, fathers’ sayings and church laws. Representatives of...
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The writer expressed his displeasure about the fact that the Pope of the Vatican, on his visit to Damascus, ignored apologizing to the Muslims about the terrible things the Crusaders did to them. What makes the matter worse is that he apologized to the Orthodox [Christians]in Athens one day before...
Date of source: Saturday, April 14, 2001
The inter-religious dialogue issue led to a new conflict between the Sheikh of the Azhar and some of the Azhar scholars, who objected to the participation of Israeli rabbis in the dialogue. A group of the Azhar scholars rejected the participation of extremist rabbis, who do not acknowledge...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2001
Bishop Stephanous II, the Catholic Patriarch of Egypt, said that the bigotry of Pope Shenouda is the reason behind stumbling the process of the drawing closer of the Christian denominations. He added that the Orthodox emigrant Copts are the ones behind the stirring up of the issue of the...
Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2001
The Catholic Patriarch of Egypt pointed out that there is a difference between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox one concerning dealing with the issue of Al-Quds [Jerusalem]; the Orthodox Church rejects visits to Jerusalem considering it as a kind of normalization [of relations with Israel]....
Date of source: Friday, February 16, 2001
The Grand Imam held a meeting with the heads of the Protestant churches of France and Switzerland. During this meeting, he said that all heavenly religions call for inter religious dialogue among their followers. The delegation of churches confirmed that dialogue between religions is an effective...
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2001
A Kuwaiti appeals court on Sunday dropped a 3-1/2-year prison sentence against a Kuwaiti priest found guilty in a case over a brawl in a local church, the defense said.
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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.