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When Pope John Paul II paid a historic visit to Syria in 2001, he entered the Umayyad Mosque, where Muslims used to head right and Christians used to head left for prayer during the 7th century.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Fr. Raed Abusahlia of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem sent us the following documents: - Archbishop of Canterbury to chair Summit of Religious Leaders on the Middle East - Religious Leaders reach unprecedented joint accord on the Holy Land - The First Alexandria Declaration of the Religious...
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2000
The beatification mass for Pope John XXIII and Pope Pius IX, led by Pope John Paul II, aroused much debate in Italian circles, among Jews and also in Israel resulting in two
demonstrations. One was organized by representatives of aristocratic families in Rome. The other one was organized in memory...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
The great rabbis of Israel objected at first to the Pope’s visit to the Holy Lands and laid down the condition that if the Pope would like to meet them during his visit he would have to meet them in the Rabbinical Headquarters.
Date of source: Thursday, November 25, 1999
Churches in the Holy Land unlocked their doors Wednesday after a two-day shutdown in protest at the building of a mosque in Nazareth but tensions inflamed by the project were still running high.
Date of source: Monday, March 23, 1998
Interrogations are underway in the Azhar University with a number of the leaders of the Azhar scholars front.
Date of source: Thursday, March 19, 1998
A conflict between Sheikh Tantawi and a group of anti-secular scholars at the Azhar might result in their expulsion from the Azhar.
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.