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Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 2004
Sham en-Nesim is the day on which Copts go out to the gardens and eat their favorite food of eggs, onions and salted fish. They carry flowers in their hands. They believe until now that whoever sleeps past sunrise on that day will be lazy all year long. On Sham en-Nesim day, Egyptians usually...
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 2004
The West has no relationship to religions in the way that we see [religions] in the East. There is a tiny minority who live a life of real faith amidst the mud and the majority who do not adhere to religion. This is in addition to the West’s biased attitude with regard to the Pasliswtinian-Israeli...
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 2004
It is surprising to find a Coptic, religious author, who cherishes his Christian faith, defending Islam. That is what the Egyptian intellectual Nabil Luqa Bebawy actually did. He stood up to the false claim that Muslims spread their call through the edge of the sword and forced people to join Islam...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 2004
Jews believe in an oral tradition that was passed down from Moses, which they also consider the words of God. These oral traditions were written down in books, starting with the Mishna and the Talmud. For the Jews, the study of the Talmud has become very important. The laws and the legislation have...
Date of source: Thursday, May 6, 2004
According to the Talmud, if the mother of a child is a Jew, then the child is Jewish. Otherwise, the child is not considered Jewish. However, in 1983, the Higher Institute for Reformist Rabbis held a meeting after which it was decided that if the father of a child is Jewish and the mother is not,...
Date of source: Thursday, May 13, 2004
The National Coptic Organization submitted a leaflet to Pope Shenouda with the title "Autonomy for the Copts of Egypt." A communiqué released by the organization referred to secret negotiations between what it called ”active parties in the new global order” on the one side and a delegation of...
Date of source: Thursday, May 13, 2004
There are three main principles that determine the Jewish identity: Worshipping one God; practicing certain rituals that reflect the Jewish beliefs, like announcing his faith in one God; and the loyalty of the Jew to his being a Jew and loyalty to the rest of the Jewish nation.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 2004
In his interview with Reuters, Youssef Shahin, the Egyptian director who is well-known in Europe and especially in France said that he hates the apparent religiosity in Egyptian society and he feels angry when the call to the prayer is spoken through the loudspeakers of mosques in Cairo. Shahin’s...
Date of source: Monday, May 24, 2004
Last week, Al-Midan printed an article under the title “Beware ‘The passion of the Christ’” by one of those who offend religions. The writings of this person reflects the hatred and fury filling his heart. The author attacks the film regarding it an attempt to Christianize Muslims. In his attack on...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 2004
The Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood stresses his rejection of the charges directed to fifty four leading figures of the Brotherhood who were accused of receiving training on fighting techniques and seeking to overthrow the regime. Akef regarded the arrest a way to pressure the Brotherhood...
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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.