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Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2007
The Egyptian press has widely covered Christmas celebrations held by the Coptic Orthodox Church and presided over by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Date of source:
Both Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imām declared their rejection
of any foreign intervention
in the internal affairs of Egypt. The former said that he met the American committee to
defend Egypt and to
explain to its members that what the foreign press publishes and what the internet broadcasts...
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 1997
Dr. Milad Hanna, one of Egypt’s most prominent Christians, author of many books on Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt and columnist in Al-Ahram, is very dismayed about the proposed American religious freedom law. In an article in Al-Ahram of July 22 he writes that there are sectarian clashes which...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
With the attendance of a large number of Egyptian religious and
political figures,
Bishop Antonius Najīb, 71, was ordained yesterday as the new patriarch of Coptic
Catholics in Egypt at
the Virgin Mary Cathedral in Nasr City, Cairo.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
A number of Egyptian civil society organizations receive millions of dollars in annual funding from foreign bodies. Many questions arise regarding the state supervision of these NGOs and the role of the Ministry of Social Solidarity in this regard.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Analysis of the Denmark cartoons issue by Dr. Hasan Muhammad Wajīh, expert of linguistics of negotiation and cross-cultural communication at the Azhar University and moderator of the April 15, 2006 discussion at El-Sawy Culture Wheel on ‘Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to...
Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2001
The Azhar University held an anti-terrorism conference titled "The Tolerance of Islam and Rejecting Terrorism." The conference supported the call for an international conference for fighting terrorism. All the participants stressed that Islam rejected terrorism in all its forms and rejected...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
An article about the Muslim Brotherhood’s intent to establish a state that has a religious, and not civil nature, and the attitude of the Muslim Brotherhood towards the Copts.
Date of source: Thursday, January 1, 2004
The Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Ali Goma´a, commented on the issue of “Renewal of Fiqh and its Restrictions” in a seminar organized by the Islamic Benevolent Organization, presided by Dr. Muhammad Shawqi Al-Fangari. Dr. Usama Al-Baz, the political advisor of President Mubarak, participated in the seminar.
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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.