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Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2001
"The formation period in the life of Mohammed" written by Khalil Abdel-Karim caused widespread arguments. Dr. Abdel-Azim Al-Matani of the Azhar University accused the author of harming Islam and disfiguring the Prophet Mohammed. The book claimed that Mohammed imagined receiving the Qur’an from...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2001
The author considered Adel Hamouda’s article "The Suspicious Relationship Between Pope Shenouda and Rifa’at Al-Sa’id" to be a slip of a pen. He is of the opinion that the desire to write something which attracts attention, pushed Hamouda to write this article that there was no need for. It pushed...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2001
The author believes that there is no suspicious relationship between Pope Shenouda and Rifa’at Al-Sa’id as Adel Hamouda mentioned in his article "The Suspicious Relationship Between Pope Shenouda and Rifa’at Al-Sa’id." He said that the Pope with his religious position is above all suspicion and...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2001
In his book "I Confess," Gamal Asa’ad tells the story of his sad experience with the Tagammu party, especially its leaders, their unexplained position toward him, and their constant actions to contradict their beliefs. He believes that the Church is partially responsible for sectarian strife in...
Date of source: Sunday, February 25, 2001
Colonel Dr. Mohammed al-Ghannam, previous director of Legal Research at the Ministry of Interior asked how the situation could deteriorate so dangerously around the turn of the years 1999/2000 while the Ministry of Interior was claiming they were in control. Despite a declaration from People’s...
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2001
The author highlights the main points discussed by Gamal Asaad in his book "I Confess - The Backstage of the Church, the Parties, and the Muslim Brotherhood." He disagrees with Asaad on his interpretation of Pope Shenouda’s character. He respects the pope and his national role in rejecting...
19. Parliamentary objections to the government’s banning and then permitting the Mulid of Abu Hasera
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2001
The agreement of the Egyptian government to celebrate the mulid of Abu Hasera led to a crisis between it and members of parliament. The members representing Baheira said that the government’s agreement to hold the mulid after it had previously cancelled it challenged the feelings of the Egyptians...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
The Coptic representative of the Wafd party in the parliament is close to become the head of opposition. He expressed his surprise at the fact that while the Brotherhood supported him in the recent elections, the ruling party supported its candidate who led a religious campaign against him. He does...
Date of source: Friday, December 22, 2000
The author believes that publishing the photo of Virgin Mary in Al-Ahali newspaper is an action against national unity; publishing such a photo supports Christianity while it undermines Islam. It is an activity against the constitution and the law. It means that the Holy Virgin is pleased with...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 19, 2000
The idea of establishing a party representing the Brotherhood has its supporters and opponents. Prof. Rifa’at El-Said, Dr. Abu El-Ela Madi and Dr. Hossam Badrawi totally reject the idea and believe this would be a threat to society. Prof. Milad Hanna is of opinion that this is not a challenge to...
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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.