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Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
A few days ago, the
president of the American University in Cairo (AUC), David
Arnold, decided to remove Islamic and Arabic contents
from a number of AUC textbooks, including syllabi in
Islamic history, Arabic literature and social sciences. A
large number of the university’s staff has...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2006
A few days ago, news broke that the Egyptian Ministry of Interior had arrested a 22-member terrorist cell, calling itself al-Tā’ifa al-Mansoura [The Victorious Sect], on charges of planning terrorist attacks against a number of tourist sites, gas pipelines on the Greater Cairo ring road, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
The article is an interview with Nabil Abdel Fattah, assistant manager of Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, on the issue of renewing the religious discourse. He comments on the attempts of some intellectuals to associate the concept of renewing the religious discourse with the...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 25, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Tala´at Abdel Mageed, Professor at the Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University. He comments on the nature of the current religious discourse and its impact on people. He highlighted the difficulty of discussing the issue of the renewal of religious...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 19, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Tala´at Abdel Mageed, Professor at the Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University. He comments on the nature of the current religious discourse and its impact on people. He highlighted the difficulty of discussing the issue of the renewal of religious...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 7, 2003
Background about the life of Father Christian van Nispen in Egypt [member of the AWR-Editorial Board], his activities and his relationships with Muslim sheikhs and scholars.
Date of source: Sunday, September 11, 2005
The author argues that in our Fourth World War, that is to say the war against terrorism, one should draw clear lines between the ‘heads of terrorism’ and the ‘actual perpetrators’ of the attacks.
Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2005
Terrorists hold the entrenched dogma that whoever disagrees with their opinions threatens their own existence. Consequently, Dr. Murād Wahba argues that we should reconsider the relationship between absolute truth and terrorism.
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2004
Grand Imam of the Azhar Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi said the circulation of that alleged book of The True Furqan [a variant name for the Qur’an] is prohibited from a shari’a [Islamic law] point of view specially after it turned out to be a corrupt version of the Qur’an.
Date of source: Sunday, November 10, 2002
The author believes that “Rano Series to Teach the Coptic Language” is an attempt to destroy the national unity between Muslims and Christians. He wonders why they call for reviving the Coptic language although the Egyptian church speaks Arabic.
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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.