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Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
Columnist Barry Rubin provides his own analysis of the recent poll by the Pew Foundation regarding Middle Eastern attitudes toward Islamist groups.
The poll claims that 30% of Egyptians support Hizb Allāh, 49% are favorable toward Hamas, and 20% think positively of al-Qā‘idah.
According to Rubin,...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
This article highlights an interview between Radio Vatican and Father Rafīq Greish, a spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, who speaks about the state of Egyptian Christians during the past months.
Greish discusses the ‘Umrāniyyah riots against the construction stoppage of an unlicensed church...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Many Iraqi Christians have decided not to celebrate Christmas or the new year, fearing an attack from al-Qā‘idah.
Churches across Iraq canceled their celebrations or restricted them to a more toned-back religious mass as a result of continued mourning over the Sayyidat al-Najāh Church massacre in...
Date of source: Friday, December 24, 2010
Al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah will soon launch a new Urdu-language website in 2011 that plans to reach out to the approximately 200 million East Asian Muslims who speak the language.
"The purpose of this website is to deliver the Islamic message without being excessive and overbearing. Part of it is...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
A church source has told al-Misrī al-Yawm that the authorities have promised to release all remaining detainees (84) from the ‘Umrāniyyah church riots by Christmas.
The source added that Pope Shenouda III ended his voluntary seclusion after a visit from Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī, who is a close personal...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2010
German Foreign Affairs Minister Guido Westerwelle made an unannounced visit to Iraq yesterday to discuss bilateral relations and the conditions of Christians in the country.
A source from the office of Usāmah al-Nujayfī, the head of parliament, told al-Sharq al-Awsat that following their meeting,...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The head of the Chaldean bishops in the Iraqi city of Kirkūk on Tuesday announced that Christmas celebrations for this year have been cancelled following a threat from al-Qā‘idah.
Only prayers will be held, the church official said. The prayers will be held in the morning under strict protection,...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 2010
A group of anonymous users on an Islamic online message board said that Qatar will not get the chance to host the 2022 World Cup because they claim that Qatar will be part of an Islamic empire ruled by Usāmah Bin Lādin by 2017.
The group claims that the empire will also include Kuwait and Saudi...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
In an interview with al-Wafd, the official spokesman for the Egyptian Catholic Church, Father Rafīq Greish, said that former U.S. President George W. Bush is responsible for the Sayyidat al-Najāh Church massacre in Iraq because it is one of the consequences of the President allegedly destroying...
Date of source: Sunday, November 14, 2010
The author criticizes Archbishop Athanasius Dāwūd’s call upon Iraqi Christians to flee their country because of al-Qā‘idah’s threats. He says that the call gives the impression that Arab Christians are guests in the Arab world who should flee to the West as soon as they sense danger. He also says...
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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.