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Date of source: Sunday, September 11, 2022
Prof. Dr. Hassan Wagieh [Ḥassan Wajīh] is a Professor Emeritus, Linguistics Department, Faculty of Languages, at the prestigious Azhar University in Egypt. Prof. Wajīh is a long-time friend of Cornelis Hulsman, editor-in-chief of Arab-West Report/Dialogue Across Borders. In April 2022 Hulsman...
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2008
The author thinks that the head of the Council for Interreligious Dialogue at the Vatican, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, has interfered in Egypt’s affairs because he questioned the minister of endowments about Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2008
The joint committee of the Permanent Committee of Al-Azhar for Dialogue with Monotheistic Religions closed its annual meetings with the delegation of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue in the Vatican. The meeting was faced with wide scale protests in Egypt. The Egyptian press...
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2007
Ḥāzim ‘Abduh expresses his amazement at the ’changing’ attitudes of Pope Benedict XVI towards Islam, wondering about the reasons behind the sudden and unexplained moves of the prelate either for or against dialogue with Muslims.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Ibrāhīm Qā‘ūd criticizes the response of the Vatican to an open letter sent by 138 Muslim dignitaries from representing the Islamic trends all over the world that called for cooperation and peace between Islam and Christianity, believing that the attitude of the Vatican towards dialogue has changed...
Date of source: Friday, October 26, 2007
The article deals with the letter signed by 138 Muslim scholars inviting Christian clerics to dialogue and Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran’s statements in which he claims that having a theological dialogue with Muslims is difficult. Both secretary-general of the International Union for Muslim Scholars...
Date of source: Friday, October 26, 2007
The article discusses the invitation to dialogue, initiated by Muslim scholars, to bridge the gap between Muslims and Christians. Muslim scholars are disappointed with Pope Benedict XVI’s negative response to the initiative. The article refers to Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran’s statement in which he...
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2007
The chancellor of the Azhar University is expected to participate in a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI and the chief rabbi of Israel at the International meeting for peace.
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2007
Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran’s statement provokes hostile reactions from some Muslim and Azhar figures in Egypt. The cardinal stated that the “absolute interpretation” of the Qur’ān makes dialogue between Islam and Christianity difficult.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2007
The Vatican issued a statement announcing that Pope Benedict XVI appointed French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran yesterday to lead the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue, which oversees Vatican-Muslim relations.
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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.