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Date of source:
The ninth
Islamic Summit started in al-Doha, in Qatar, with a spirit of understanding and agreement on all the issues on its
agenda. However, there were conflicts regarding the issue of boycotting Israel. The Palestinian
representative was able to
achieve a compromise that gives the members the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 7, 2000
Sessions of the Twelfth Islamic Conference of the Founding Committee of the International Islamic Council for Da’wa [Islamic missionary activity or ’inviting or calling people to worship Allah by following the messenger of Allah] and Aid began in Cairo last Monday. In his speech, the Grand Sheikh...
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000 to Friday, January 14, 2000
The first Christian school was built by four monks in the 19th century and they are an example on national unity in Egypt. Saad Zaghloul, Ali Sabry and Esmat Abdel-Megid, who are all famous Muslim figures, graduated from Christian schools.
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
A man wrote a letter to the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, claiming that he is the Mahdi who, in Islam, comes at the end of times. The article further explains the concept of this self-acclaimed Mahdi on the end of times and the response of well-known Muslim scholars.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 1999
Last Thursday, both Pope Shenouda and Dr. Sayed Tantawi received the British Caravan to Support the Iraqi People, headed by George Gallaway, vice-president of the Committee of External Affairs in the British House of Commons. Both Pope Shenouda and sheikh Tantawi declared their sympathy to this...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 1999
Secretary-general of the Arab League Esmat Abdel Meguid yesterday rapped an Israeli company over portraying al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, on its production of wine bottles.
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.