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Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
Pope Benedict XVI’s recent visit to the United States revealed the critical situation and the corruption in the clergy of the United States. The sex scandals that monks have been involved in revealed this corruption. The author also refers to the diversity of dissident churches in the U.S.
Date of source:
Many articles in the Egyptian press describe the Shiite celebration that has been hosted in Karbala in the honor of Al-Hussein Ibn Ali. Some articles discuss the beliefs of Shiite Muslims, in the light of the Iraqi crisis. Others speak about inter-Islamic dialogue and the necessity of a union...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
The Evangelical denomination has opened its door to the denomination presidential election by deleting the item that confined the presidency to men which, for the first time, permits women to run for election.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The administrative judiciary’s refusal to file the lawsuit establishing the “Al-Safawīyya Al-Naqshabandīyya,” a Shī‘i organization, provoked controversy. This article links Shī‘i activities in Egypt to Iranian political influences. Religion and politics are never far apart.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
This interview with Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī deals
with the latest fuss
when she and her daughter, Muna Hilmī, appeared on a television program to call for
giving children to the
names of their mothers, not just their fathers.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Despite
being accepted in the Islamic sharī‘a,
the misyār marriage, in which the
husband and wife do not live together, has always been a
subject of heated controversy among Muslim
scholars.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 4, 2006
The rights of Egyptian Bahā’
īs have recently been a subject of heated debate
in the Egyptian media. A number of Bahā’ī
leaders have tried to reach out to officials from the
Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), in an
attempt to establish a “legal framework” which
would solve...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 2003
The article sheds light on some underground religious groups in the US.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Some satellite channels still don’t see the difference between screening entertainment and religious shows. The Arab viewer who longed for religious reform is subjected to a new wave of religious extremism. He lived for decades as victim of religious fundamentalist rhetoric not able to adapt to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
The author reviews the Holy Synod elections and the argument over the conditions for voting.
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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.