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Date of source: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
A researcher gets a PhD with honors degree on a comparative study between Saint Thomas Aquinas and the late Father Mattá al-Miskīn.
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2007
Dr. ‘Ātif al-‘Irāqī highlights that secularism has become a dubious term both in the Arab and Egyptian communities. He prefers to be described as “enlightened” rather than “secular.”
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
The author of the article, Dr. Wā’il ‘Azīz, discusses religious freedom versus freedom of expression. He calls on Muslims to acknowledge the achievements of all Muslim scholars and intellectuals, and asserts that no one has the right to issue fatwás of Takfīr against anyone unless they publicly...
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2000
Al-Arabi
reviewed the opinions of different intellectuals and prominent figures among them are:
" General Fou’ad Allam,
Ex-Manager of the State Security Police, who said that it is very difficult to confirm whether someone was behind
the demonstrations of the students of the Azhar,
" Spokesman...
Date of source:
Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
Date of source:
Saad Eddin
Ibrahim’s lawyer presented a demand to release Saad Eddin for
health reasons. Lawyers and intellectuals are also
considering making a request to President Mubarak to
stay the execution of the prison sentence. Officials
demonstrated a positive sign to easing the crisis when
they...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Samū’īl al-‘Ashāy criticizes officials of the Coptic Orthodox Church for neglecting the seminar of the Supreme Council of Culture that was held to honor the late Father Mattá al-Maskīn.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
What
is life after death? Depictions
of hell and heaven differ between religions. The following article presents
images of life after death in Islam,
Judaism and Christianity.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
The author comments on the ideas and writings of Father Matta Al-Miskeen, which he believes tries to consolidate a spiritual tendency that is away from fanaticism.
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2003
The author presents the major contributions of Father Matta Al-Maskin to Coptic history and culture, as part of his argument that Coptic insights have had a remarkable impact on Arab and Egyptian culture.
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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.