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Date of source: Wednesday, October 12, 2005
In an interview, Pope Shenouda III answers questions about the Coptic Orthodox Church’s stance towards expatriate Copts and the conference they were to hold to discuss persecution of Copts in Egypt. Other issues, such as the Church’s stands towards the presidential and parliamentary elections are...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
The writer interviewed the director of Goethe-Institute Aegypten, Heiko Sievers, and asked him about his future plan to promote cultural dialogue between Europe and Egypt and the Middle East in general.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In this interview Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of Azhar, answers questions about Islamic-Christian dialogue, developing the religious discourse, Azhar education, rights of women in Islam and others.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Dr. Zeinab Abdel Aziz, professor of civilization at the faculty of Arts [university not mentioned], authored a six-part series that was published by the Arabic Book House on the [third] anniversary of the tragedy of September 11. In this article we will review the third part of Dr. Zeinab's series...
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2004
Hundred thousands of Copts are facing a legal, constitutional plight. Those Copts obtained divorce verdicts under the personal status law for non-Muslims. Nevertheless, they are not able to put these verdicts into effect and remarry because Pope Shenouda III does not approve these divorce verdicts...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2004
The book “Al-Gharb wa Al-Alam Al-Islami” [The West and the Islamic World] is a legitimate tool that can be used to defend Islamic identity, faith and civilization that are being attacked under the pretext of [being a breeding ground for] terrorism.
The Egyptian author Salwa Bakr co-authored this...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 4, 2004
Could the Union of Muslim Scholars recently established in Ireland be the solution to the conflict of fatwas in the Islamic world? What are the conditions, under which this union was born, and what does its charter say, and who funds it?
These questions are answered by Dr. Muhammad Selim Al-Awa,...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 21, 2004
In an Alexandrian youth camp, the Egyptian Grand Mufti, Dr. Ali Goma’a, met with nearly 500 students from Egyptian universities and from delegations studying at the Azhar. Dr Goma’a gave his lecture on the mosque’s role in building the individual. Dr. Goma’a also answered questions on various...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 28, 2002
The Sheikh of the Azhar says that no one dares to ask him to change or modify the Ahar curricula. He adds that if there is any change, it is decided by the Azhar itself. Change here does not mean omitting chapters on jihad and the Prophet’s conquests against Jews, as some people claim.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 22, 2002
People in the Gama’at al-Islamiya have been talking in the past three months about the initiative to end violence and ideological revisions made by the Gama’at Al-Islamiya and the Jihad group. In spite of these initiatives, security forces foiled attempts to revive the activities of organizations...
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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.