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Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Bishop Paphnotius responded to questions of readers of AWR. The interview gives an update about the developments following the tragic death of the priest and two Christians of Taha al-‘Ameda after our report of May 6 [AWR 2004, week 19, art. 30]
Date of source: Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Did late Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin during his first visit to Egypt after the Camp David agreement point to the pyramids and uttered the words “My forefathers contributed to building them?” This is most likely a legend based on conspiracy thinking.
Date of source: Thursday, May 6, 2004
Barnabas Fund reported that the death of three Christians in Samalut was murder. AWR believes that is not the case. This article tries to explain the differences in positions.
Date of source: Monday, May 17, 2004
I felt distressed when I read the news about the Festival of Christian Films. I find it strange that an artistic event carries a religious title and limits its scope to a certain religion. It is likely that there will be Muslim films in which no single Christian takes part in them. Films will be...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 1, 2004
The problems around Taha al-’Ameda were discussed in length in the program “In Depth” on channel 1, immediately after the evening news on Monday May 31. The program provides well-documented subjects, is well viewed and respected. “In Depth” gave with approximately 45 minutes a substantial amount of...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
The first Egyptian Islamic caravan left Cairo yesterday to hold meetings with British organizations on an eight-day tour to correct mistaken ideas about Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The Arab and foreign media were shocked by the Iranian Shura Council’s approval of a draft of a new law that gives equal portions of inheritance to men and women.
Shi’ite scholars in Egypt, Lebanon, and other Arab countries confirmed that the new proposed law concerns only inheritance cases where...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 2004
The rebellion of the young women of the Azhar University has started. The Administrative Court affiliated to the State Council is currently examining about 60 lawsuits filed by female students from the Azhar University demanding equality with male students. The Azhar University prefers to enlist...
Date of source: Monday, April 11, 2005
Tilwāna, the quiet village of al-Bājour, al-Munoufīya has been unstable because of the rifts between its Muslims and Copts. 10,000 citizens reside in this village, out of which 120 Coptic families have been living in harmony. The details surrounding the fire that took place at the church’s guest...
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2005
Karam Sābir, director of the Land Center for Human Rights, discusses conflicts resulting from land reforms in the 1950s and 1960s.
Parties in a conflict tend to present biased points of view.
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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.