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Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2001
The Vatican’s Pope intends to pray in the great Umayad mosque in Syria. Still, setting up this papal prayer in this great mosque is not likely to appeal to the Islamic world, it might as well be pictured as an intrusion and an indecent act.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Pope Shenouda accepted a donation from Queen Elizabeth II, assigning an old church building [in England] to the Egyptian Orthodox Church. Pope Shenouda thanked the queen, saying it expressed the good bonding relationship between the Egyptian and British peoples.
Date of source: Friday, March 9, 2001
An American pastor described Islam as a religion that teaches hatred. The statement stirred up a wide outcry among Christians and Muslims in the United States. Because of the harsh criticisms that were leveled at his statement, he backed down on his opinion.
Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2001
The Catholic Patriarch of Egypt pointed out that there is a difference between the Catholic Church and the Orthodox one concerning dealing with the issue of Al-Quds [Jerusalem]; the Orthodox Church rejects visits to Jerusalem considering it as a kind of normalization [of relations with Israel]....
Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2001
Pope Shenouda visited the Mufti to congratulate him on the Greater Bairam. Their conversation did not address anything political. It confined itself to how to consolidate national unity, the Islamic-Christian dialogue and Dar Al-Ifta joining the Committee of Inter-Religious Dialogue.
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2001
Seven Coptic MPs are preparing to issue a report declaring their rejection of a visit from the Congress’ Committee for Religious Freedoms. The report might be issued in coordination with some Coptic figures. The Coptic point of view is that the visit touches upon things that are related to the...
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2001
Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat is expected to meet with the Prime Minister of Greece in Athens to discuss the issue of the Arab-Greek conflict inside the Orthodox Church in Palestine and Jordan; amidst news regarding the Russian mafia entering the conflict arena among the candidates to win...
Date of source: Friday, February 23, 2001
Two members of the Muslim Brotherhood are entering the elections at a sporting club in Alexandria. The club’s general assembly is thinking about the changes the club will see if the Brotherhood’s candidates win.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2001
The General Secretary of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights announced his willingness to resign from his post as deputy head of the International Federal Assembly for Human Rights if this post forces him to normalize relations with Israel or with any Israeli organization that is a member...
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2001
Refa’i Taha, the military leader of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya, called for killing the Americans and Jews wherever they are. In his latest book he described them as unbelievers and aggressors who are attacking Muslim’s land and honor.
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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.