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Date of source: Friday, September 27, 2019
During an interview on eXtra News, Ḥussayn ʿAbd al-Rāḍi, a researcher at the Egyptian Center for Strategic Studies, alleged that states in the region, namely the regimes in Qatar and Turkey, have invested in various terrorist organizations out of economic and self-interest, going on to argue that...
Date of source: Saturday, September 28, 2019
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, said that religious lessons in catholic schools should incorporate a greater focus on issues related to anti-Semitism in light of rising anti-Semitic attacks and hateful rhetoric.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 18, 2019
When asked by one of his followers about the reason behind the rapes of women during Islamic wars, Shaykh ‘Abd Allāh Rushdī replied “these are human beings and they have needs,” going on to explain that these needs could not be considered shameful as long as the woman has consented to the sexual...
Date of source: Saturday, September 21, 2019
Political analysts disagree about whether or not the small-scale demonstrations held on Friday, September 21st against current Egyptian president ‘Abd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī will lead to a wave of new protests in the weeks to come, while one rights activist who took part in the protests discusses...
Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
Rev. Munīr Ḥannā, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Egypt, said that although the church appreciates the role of women in serving the organization, it continues to oppose the ordination of women in the Diocese of Egypt, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa, which is part of the Jerusalem and...
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2019
Summary: Rev. Munīr Ḥannā, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Egypt, said that the dispute between the Episcopal Church and the Protestant Church is rooted in what he alleged to be an insistence on the part of the Protestants that the Episcopal Church is subordinate to the Protestant Church.
Date of source: Monday, September 9, 2019
Summary: The Egyptian Minister of Investment and International Cooperation (MIIC), Dr. Saḥar Naṣr, took part in the first sessions of the National Consultation on Women’s Economic Empowerment in Egypt, entitled “Legislative reforms and governmental efforts to support women’s economic empowerment...
Date of source: Monday, September 23, 2019
In November of 2011, Dr. ‘Iṣām ‘Abd Āllah 'Iskandar, writer and professor of philosophy at ‘Ain Shams University, appeared on Coptic Sat, one of several Coptic Orthodox Church TV channels in Egypt, claiming that the number of Coptic Christians in the country exceeds 23 million. He appears agitated...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Eight years have passed since the 2011 revolution that succeeded in toppling former Egyptian president Ḥusnī Mubārak, but intense debate has recently broken out concerning the fate of individuals widely considered at the time to be ‘icons’ of the uprising following a series of videos recently...
Date of source: Thursday, September 12, 2019
Dr. Rev. Andriyya Zakī, President of the Evangelical Church in Egypt and the General Director of the Coptic-Evangelical Organization for Social Services, or CEOSS, met on Thursday with the General Secretary of the World Student Christian Federation, Mīrā George Na‘īma and Joint Secretary of the...
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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.