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Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Ten years ago, extremists in the streets of Syria used to chant “Alawites to coffins and Christians to Beirut.” According to what people who escaped the Syrian turmoil to the Lebanese city of Zahlé on the borders with Syria have told me when I toured the area back in 2014, the chanting has evolved...
Date of source: Monday, September 16, 2024
The life of the Afghan woman has changed considerably over the past few decades. In the past, women had equality, voting rights, and legal protections, polygamy was not permitted, weddings were reserved for girls over the age of 21, and while traditional attire was the norm, some women preferred to...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Cornelis Hulsman is from a conservative Christian Reformed family in the Netherlands but developed a fascination for the Coptic Orthodox Church. He became a member in 1985. Many stories of Christian persecution in Muslim countries come from the Dutch Christian organization Open Doors, which has an...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Egyptian journalist Ibrāhīm ʿĪssā tweeted on his account following the threats that he received from al-Qāʿida, quoting the Quran, sura at-Tawba (09:51) “Nothing will befall us except what Allah has decreed for us.”
Date of source: Thursday, February 10, 2022
The so-called Islamic State (IS) may have disappeared but their ideology and that of al-Qa’ida [al-Qāʿida] is still alive, not only in Muslim countries but also in the West. I am using the adjective ‘so-called’ because the overwhelming majority of Muslims does not believe they represent Islam. When...
Date of source: Monday, November 15, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church issued a statement yesterday evening in response to the statements of former father Zakariyā Buṭrus (Zakaria Boutros), stressing that he had been cut off from the church for more than 18 years, following his attack on the Prophet Muḥammad.
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2021
On Thursday, the US Treasury Department announced the imposition of sanctions against five people, three Turks and two Egyptians, for their links with Al-Qaeda [al-Qāʿida].
Date of source: Monday, August 16, 2021
On Sunday, Kabul once again fell under the control of the Taliban [Ṭālibān], as the movement began a new era of hard-line rule in the city, twenty years after their removal from power.
Today, regional and national voices warn of the consequences of Taliban's takeover of the government. Questions...
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 2021
In their statements to RT, Egyptian analysts expressed their evaluation for the departure of U.S troops from Afghanistan and its significance amid the rapid territorial gains made by the Taliban movement [Ṭālibān] in the country.
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2021
American President Joe Biden’s decision to completely withdraw American military forces from Afghanistan by this upcoming September 11 has serious implications. It is the end of an era that began with the 9/11 terrorist attacks and had witnessed the American invasion of Afghanistan, the war on...
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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.