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Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2010
Recent Shiite attacks on the sahābah and the wives of the Prophet Muhammad sparked rage amongst many Sunnī imāms and thinkers. Some imāms in mosques dedicated their Friday prayer speeches to responding to the comments. Islamic scholar Shaykh Mansūr al-Rifā‘ī ‘Ubayd called for the Ministry of...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2010
Questions regarding the relationship between ecclesial and civil marriage were once again raised after the courts ruled in favor of Majdī Walīm, allowing him to sue Pope Shenouda III for refusing to grant him the right to remarry. A Coptic woman is in the process of collecting 100 signatures of...
Date of source: Saturday, October 30, 2010
Salāmah says that national unity has truly manifested itself in that Muslims and Copts both suffer extremist fatwás. His comment refers to Pope Shenouda III’s previous prohibition on elective surgery and his recent statement prohibiting abortion in rape victims, comparing it to the Azhar’s similar...
Date of source: Saturday, October 30, 2010
From the thirteen-day talk at the Vatican, Father Rafīq Greish reports that amongst the issues discussed were the migration of Copts from the Middle East and the dangers of political Islam. The conference saw participants from all around the world representing Christians in Middle Eastern countries...
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2010
The Islamic Research Academy decided yesterday to print a number of books opposing the current wave of religious extremism. The Azhar and the Episcopal Church announced that they are against the defamation of religions and dialogue about religious doctrines. They also said that each religion should...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination, along with other civil society organizations are organizing an event opposing sectarianism and the incitement of hatred on both the Islamic and Coptic sides. The event is to take place on October 29th and will include live music, a puppet theater, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
The decision to shut down the “al-Haqīqah” satellite channel and ban Zakariyyā Butrus from appearing on all Coptic satellite channels was welcomed by various leading Coptic figures as part of the “stand against offending religions.” Butrus is believed to have resigned from the church after being...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2010
The Ministry of Endowments cancelled a lecture by Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā yesterday at the al-Nūr mosque in ‘Abbāsiyyah, Cairo. The reason behind the cancellation was that the ministry fears al-‘Awwā might once again make controversial comments such as those made when he was responding to...
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2010
Asmā‘ says that today’s primary schools are spawning time bombs. She alleges that it is the same all over Egypt, as if it were all part of one huge strategy targeting children. She says they teach the children jihād and call for a war to free the al-Aqsá Mosque. She also says that they teach them...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 20, 2010
In the first installment of a series of articles aiming to clean up their distorted image projected by the media, Hānī talks about the Christian satellite channels that have recently been shut down on the accusation of causing fitnah. He says that the channels belong to two groups: general and...
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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.