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Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
The Clerical Council for Civil Affairs deals with the civil and personal issues pertaining to Orthodox Copts both inside and outside Egypt. The large amount of cases has constituted an immense burden on clergymen working in it, in turn transforming the Clerical Council to something resembling a...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
We wonder why Pope Shenouda did not investigate Zakariya Botros’s insults against Islam. Accountant and researcher in Coptic affairs Kamal Zakhir Moussa says that the church has to declare its official stance towards Zakariya Botros. He also asks Pope Shenouda to be more definite and transparent...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
Competition in the Bar Association elections is expected to be between Sameh Ashour, the present chief, and Raga’i Attia, his former competitor. The Muslim Brotherhood insists on overthrowing Ashour no matter how. Muhammad Touson, the person in charge of the lawyers’ department at the Guidance...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
One feels terrified when one hears about the recent acts of kidnapping hostages in Iraq. Kidnappers always raise Islamic mottos that encourage taking civilians as hostages in time of war. I hurried to the Mufti, Sheikh Ali Goma’a, seeking answers to many questions so that I may be able convince...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
The London-based Arabic newspaper of Al-Quds Al-Arabi [The Arab Jerusalem], has conducted a poll in which about 11,000 visitors of their website took part. The poll showed that 41 percent of voters are in favor of the exclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood. The other 58.9 percent of voters opposed the...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
The Grand Mufti stated that jizya should be imposed on non-Orthodox Christians living in Egypt. He confirmed that jizya is deeply rooted in Fiqh [Islamic jurisprudence]. We must differentiate, however, between Orthodox Christians; Egyptian citizens, and other Christian denominations, including...
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 2004
The Egyptian church issued statements stressing that it has nothing to do with archpriest Zakariya Botros, whose name became associated with a series of problems he caused through discussing faith-related matters. In spite of this, books authored by Archpriest Botros are sold in Christian bookshops...
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2004
“All judges will not live for long, while the condemned, Khaled, is eternal.” With these words Abdel Rahman Al-Abnudy [a famous Egyptian poet] said goodbye to Khaled Al-Islambuli, Sadat’s assassin. Khaled Al-Islambuli appeared for the first time on 23 September 1981, when the leader of his unit...
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2004
The imams charged by the Ministry of Endowments with lecturing people between prayers, limit their lectures to timeworn issues that do not relate to our current social concerns. This goes back to the rigid books taught at the Azhar University. The Ministry is also to be blamed for this because of...
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2004
Irshad Manji is a Muslim journalist of a Pakistani descent. She is a sexual pervert and had no qualms about writing a book in which she criticizes Muslims’ way of thinking as "backward" beliefs. In her twisted explanation, Manji said Muslims have to face the reality: the prophet was illiterate 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.