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Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2005
Personal recollections of Otto Meinardus.
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2004
Some of the scholars in the dormant Muslim world are busying themselves with only saying all that is new is Haram [unlawful according to the Islamic shari’a.] In fact, some Muslims still believe that the Internet, satellite channels, women’s perfume are haram, at a time our peers on earth live the...
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2004
Mustafa Abd Al-Latif Darwish’s article on November 1, 2004 about Archpriest Zakaria Butros was all in all a series of excesses. Butros should have respected the decision taken by the Holy Synod to defrock him, especially after his hallucinations that wrong the priestly costumes he is wearing.
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2004
I have been shocked when I read an article in Sawt Al-Umma’s November 1 issue by Mustafa Abd Al-Latif Darwish under the title Archpriest Zakaria Butros’s play. The article seems to be refuting what the Archpriest has said in an interview in the Al-Hayat channel, but actually it is all about...
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2004
The assassination of Theo van Gogh resulted in a debate in Dutch media about the limits of the freedom of expression. Van Gogh himself specialized in offensive language against religion; his words were deliberately calculated to hurt people. Others, found van Gogh had gone too far, misused the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2004
Minister of Information Dr. Mamdouh Al-Beltagui requested that “A girl from Shubra” [Bent Min Shubra] be screened before the Church and the Azhar before being aired on Egyptian television. We say that the decision of the minister is unwise. Nothing in the television series raises the necessity of...
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
The fatwa of Sheikh Muhammad Kamal Mustafa, Imam of the mosque of the Spanish town of Fuengirola and mufti of the Islamic community in Spain, allowing husbands to beat their wives triggered a wave of rage and rejection from women’s rights organizations that interpreted the fatwa as a call for...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2004
The unity of Muslims abroad is the best venue to correct the West’s view of Islam. There is great potential for action, but the efforts remain individual and uncoordinated, hence insignificant. Muslims abroad are now making many attempts to concentrate these efforts, such as establishing an Islamic...
Date of source: Friday, October 22, 2004
Islamophobia, fear of Islam, is a concept created by the West through historical, political, economic and media factors. Several Islamic countries have fallen into the trap of Islamophobia, which makes fixing the distorted picture of Islam all the more important.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Prime Minister Dr. Ahmed Nazeef graced the national unity iftar [breaking of the fast] banquet – hosted by the Ministry of Endowments – with his presence. Speaker of the People’s Assembly, Dr. Ahmed Fathy Sorour, and the Pope of Alexandria as well as Patriarch of the Sea of St, Mark, His Holiness...
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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.