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Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2012
Doug May, an American who works with CIDT as financial manager, is a Catholic priest who provides pastoral services to foreign English-speaking and Egyptian Arabic-speaking communities. Doug is often asked his opinions about freedom and democracy by both communities. Having lived and worked in...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2012
“Car Murabaha” is the advertisement published by Banque Misr—one of the most significant and oldest national Egyptian banks, in newspapers for the past few days.
The advertisement, published in al-Sha’b al-Jadīd newspaper on September 4, 2012, has noted that (Car Murabaha by Banque Misr is a sharī’...
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2012
The demonstrations and riots surrounding the US Embassy in Cairo and other locations throughout the Islamic world have caused much questioning about Muslims and their attachment to and sensitivity over their faith. While many would agree the film ‘The Innocence of Muslims is crude and insensitive,...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Recent years have witnessed a series contradictions in our performance of religious rituals and our morals and behaviors. There are double standards, even among individuals.
You may find many people who are, in appearance, religious; they go to mosques frequently, they pray, they wear hijāb, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Mūsá 'Uthmān, Professor at the Azhar University, issued a fatwá tukafir (Reviewer's Note: plural of takfīr which means accusing others of being nonbelievers) against all Jamā'āt Islmīyah members. Foremost of these were its members who were involved in the assassination of President al-...
Date of source: Monday, September 10, 2012
Dār al-Iftā' (Ifta House) denounced expatriate Copts calls to produce a movie offending Prophet Muhammad. The statement added that these acts do not represent Egyptian Christians who states, more than one, their respect to religious symbols.
These acts only aim of flaming fitnah in the nation.
Dr...
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
A quarrel erupted on August 22 between Islamists and leftists following Dr. ‘Isām ‘Iryān’s attack on the latter. ‘Iryān, acting leader of the Freedom and Justice Party, accused leftists of receiving foreign funds and acting superior towards the people. (Ahmad ‘Alām, al-Misrī al-Yawm, August 23, p...
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2012
Al-Amr bil-Maarouf wal-Nahy an al-Munkar (AMNM), literally Commanding Virtue and Banning Vice, is the vice police Egyptians used to hear of in the more conservative Islamic countries such as Saudi Arabia. Dressed in Islamic garb, its members roam the streets to check passers-by are adhering to the...
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2012
Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahallāwī, an Islamic preacher who was in prison during late President Anwar al-Sādāt's time, lashed out at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and accused her of driving a wedge between Muslims and Copts. He made the remarks after Clinton’s statements that the United States...
Date of source: Thursday, August 2, 2012
Clashes erupted Wednesday (August 1, 2012) between Muslims and Christians in the village of Dahshūr, al-Badrashīn, Giza governorate, after a Muslim was killed by a Christian makwagī (a man ironing clothes in a shop in Egypt for a living) two weeks ago (July 26, 2012).Mu’āz Muhammad breathed his...
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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.