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Date of source: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
The celebration of 150 years of presence of the Evangelical Church [e.g. the Presbyterian denomination] in Egypt stressed both the universality and the deep-rootedness of this Church in Egyptian society. Held in a true spirit of celebration, prayer and thanksgiving, the event was also a perfectly...
Date of source: Friday, November 18, 2005
Celebrating the Evangelical Church’s 150 years of ministry in Egypt, Munā al-Mallākh writes on the history of Evangelicalism in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2005
After an elaborate praise of the pope the author lists violence directed against Copts. He rejected Egyptian media coverage that often describes violence as "unfortunate incidents,” "a clash provoked by both sides” and "acts of violence carried out by extremists from both sides”. Not once did they...
Date of source: Monday, October 28, 2002
Egyptian Cultural TV broadcasted on October 27 a live discussion with Patrick Haenni, social researcher at the CEDEJ in Cairo and Cornelis Hulsman on inter-religious dialogue in a program of Heba Fahmy, “We and the Other.” Much of Egyptian and Western news reporting about the Arab World is not...
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2002
The year report of 2001 including an overview of the special reports written for the RNSAW. The year 2001 was marked by a strong increase in the number of special reports, providing readers with information that is not available elsewhere.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 5, 2003
European churches leaders, in consultation with councils of churches in the USA and the Middle East, remain extremely concerned with the continued calls for military action against Iraq by the US and some European governments. The leaders advocate a peaceful resolution of the current conflicts....
Date of source: Friday, May 7, 2004
Since the emergence of Islam, the intellectual dialogue between Christian and Muslim thinkers hasn’t ceased. The dialogue took form through the efforts of Orientalist Christian thinkers who lived in the East at the time of the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates.
One of the difficulties that faces...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2004
Professor of
Islamic Studies at the Islamic Research Institute Mustafa al-Shak‘a said orientalism began in the
early 15th century to study Muslim affairs and their weaknesses. Ensuing from this, the
missionary war started with what we call the Christianization of Muslims that came to a peak...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 28, 2004
We
should not blame the Coptic Church in Egypt for its concern over the conversion of so many Copts
to Islam as its main task is to maintain the welfare of its followers. Such phenomenon requires
further investigation away from the naive assumptions of some form of enticement behind the...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
This report explains the escalations following the alleged conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam. Much background is given to the cultural context that explain why such an issue is so sensitive in Egypt. The report also shows that several of the organizers of the demonstration in Cairo have done...
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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.