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Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2023
Dr. Fānia Mabādi ʿAbd al-Raḥīm has passed away. He was a professor at the Islamic University, and spent many years of his life teaching the Arabic language to non-native speakers. He was also a researcher and investigator. He passed away after sunset today (October 20) in Medina.
Date of source: Saturday, December 6, 2003 to Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Nasr Hamed Abou Zeid [Abu Zayd] has found himself on the wrong side of Al Azhar once more. Al Azhar´s Islamic Research Council has recommended that a book by Abou Zeid be banned. The book was brought to Al Azhar´s attention by Muhammad Emara, who is also part of the 45 member council. Adel Abdel...
Date of source: Thursday, December 4, 2003 to Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Saad Eddin Ibrahim struck back 29 November against what he termed a "campaign of hatred" conducted in the Egyptian press against himself and the Ibn Khaldoun Center, but not before members of the center´s board resigned amidst a firestorm of press criticism of Ibrahim. Art. 3 – we weren´t...
Date of source: Thursday, December 12, 2002 to Wednesday, December 18, 2002
An article published in the Sunday School Magazine and written by Father Basilios of the Monastery of Makarios was said not to be in accordance with the Orthodox belief. Father Basilios will be investigated by the pope himself. The problem, according to churchleaders, is not Basilios or other monks...
Date of source: Thursday, September 26, 2002 to Wednesday, October 2, 2002
An article by US Ambassador in Cairo irked Egypt´s journalists and highlighted US displeasure with repeated suggestions that someone other than Bin Laden is behind the September 11 attacks. Many journalists and cartoonists issued a joint statement calling the article "an American call for...
Date of source: Thursday, July 4, 2002 to Wednesday, July 10, 2002
The article is the result of a RNSAW-trip to Upper Egypt [RNSAW, 2002, week 25, art. 1] and sheds light upon the celebration of the commemoration of the Holy Family´s arrival in Egypt and on the different villages and sites on the route of the Holy Family. Bishop Demetrius of Mallawi said that...
Date of source: Thursday, November 15, 2001 to Wednesday, November 21, 2001
Could the current US-led coalition war against Afghanistan result in tensions between Egypt’s two major religions? In Lebanon the split between Christians and Muslims has widened as each has taken the opposite side. Egypt, however, has experienced nothing of this kind.
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2001
Public manifestations of Christian faith become less in Egyptian society. The celebration of palm Sunday in the Upper Egyptian village of Sarakna, 315 km south of Cairo, is one of the last villages where this is possible. The article explains Muslims in villages want their villages have a Muslim...
Date of source: Thursday, February 1, 2001 to Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Christian pilgrims, on the route of the Holy Family, were surprised to discover that the so-called worshipping tree in the Muslim village of Nezlet Abed, near the pilgrimage site at Giebel Al Teir, had been chopped into pieces by local farmers. Local Christians claim the tree was 2000 year old and...
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 1999
The Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar, Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, has backed down from a month-old fatwa (legal opinion) that shook both the business community and ordinary Muslims who might want to buy a home.
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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.