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Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Grand Shaykhof the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, demanded that the Iranian President must, in accordance with Islamic sharī'ah and international laws and norms, recognize the rights of the Sunnī community in Iran and acknowledge them as equal citizens (Rāmī Nawwār, Amīrah 'Abd al-Salām, Lu'ay 'Alī and...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
On Tuesday, February 5, President Muhammad Mursī met Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The President remained for several hours at the private lounge at Cairo Airport to discuss presidential matters with President Mursī. Amid tight security measures, the President...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Pope Tawadros spoke at the official opening for the 6th Conference for Coptology at the Clerical College at Virgin Mary Monastery in al Qūssīyah, Asyut Governorate. Pope Tawadros encouraged tourists to come and visit this Monastery, which is the oldest Monastery in the Christian world. The Orthodox...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Pope Tawadros spoke at the official opening for the 6th Conference for Coptology at the Clerical College at Virgin Mary Monastery in al Qūssīyah, Asyut Governorate. Pope Tawadros encouraged tourists to come and visit this Monastery, which is the oldest Monastery in the Christian world. The Orthodox...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
On Friday, February 1, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI ratified the election of Louis Raphaël I Sako as the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and the Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, successor of Cardinal Mar Emmanuel III Delly who became the first Iraqi Cardinal in 2007.
Sākū had been Chaldean...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
A wildfire broken out in the late evening hours on Friday, February 1, 2013 at the 'Abd al-Latīf Prep School for girls located next to Qasr al-Dubārah Evangelical Church on Simon Bolivar Square. Demonstrators and other people in the area tried to control the flames to prevent it from spreading to...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
During the first weekly sermon, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II called for an end to violence and prayed for peace and stability in Egypt. Additionally, Pope Tawadros II explained he would meet the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar the following day (Sunday, February 3, 2013) in order to sign the document...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, said on Saturday, Feb. 2, that Jum'ah was consulted on a number of fatwás. Bayādī also mentioned that the signing of the Azhar document represents the first attempt to calm the situation in Egypt. Until today there have not been any...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
The Egyptian Committee for Justice and Peace organised a symposium at the Catholic Church in Asyut Governorate. The symposium addressed a number of issues, including: the need for interdependence between the political parties; al-Nūr Party initiative (which includes the formation of national...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
On behalf of both Christian and Muslim members of Dār al-Iftā’ (House of Iftā') International Exhibition Ceremony, Archbishop Būlus ‘Uwaydah has asked the Minister of Culture Dr. Mahmūd Sābir to support a public demand that ‘Alī Jum'ah remain in his position as Muftī of the Republic. His term as ...
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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.