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Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2024
It is important to pay attention to the minority in Lebanon since the main effects of the events in Syria are about a shift in the political weight of power, and maybe a change in geography as well, given the discussion of division in Syria.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Armenian Catholic Bishop of Damascus George Asʿadūryān said he met with officials from the “new authority” in Syria and received assurances about Christians, asserting “there are no threats posted to Christians at present as the situation is currently quiet.”
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2024
Ten years ago, extremists in the streets of Syria used to chant “Alawites to coffins and Christians to Beirut.” According to what people who escaped the Syrian turmoil to the Lebanese city of Zahlé on the borders with Syria have told me when I toured the area back in 2014, the chanting has evolved...
Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2024
On Sunday, December 1, Sheikh Muḥammad Ḥusayn, Grand Muftī of Jerusalem and Palestine and preacher of Al-Aqṣā Mosque, condemned a decision made by Itamar Ben-Gvir, Minister of National Security in the right-wing occupying Israeli government, pertaining to the seizing of loudspeakers and microphones...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 27, 2024
The Ministry of Awqāf (religious endowments) and the Ministry of Health successfully held a symposium on the issue of smoking, which ended with the Grand Muftī of the Kingdom of Jordan formally banning smoking by issuing a fatwa designating it as ḥarām (religiously prohibited).
Date of source: Friday, November 29, 2024
After years of fighting, Aleppo’s Christian population once again have a heavy cross to bear. In a city home to the oldest seat of the Christian faith, the return of war has worsened the burden on their shoulders, which are already exhausted from the hardships of daily life.
Date of source: Monday, November 25, 2024
In July 2024, the Arab-West Foundation was elected Head of the Dutch Network of the Anna Lindh Foundation. They organized their first Dutch network meeting on November 25th where, among other things, they spoke about the need to contribute to peace-building in the Middle East. This applies first of...
Date of source: Friday, October 18, 2024
After a full examination of the body at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv (Abū Kabīr), the Hebrew newspaper, Ynet, announced that the Israeli occupation authorities have taken the body of Yaḥyā al-Sinwār to a classified location to keep.
Date of source: Thursday, March 14, 2024
Representative Nadīm Gemayel stated, “Ḥezbollah’s profanation of pre-emptive wars has proven to be a failure, as seen in the war in Syria, and the repercussions of crises, displacement, and crimes in Lebanon.”
Date of source: Saturday, September 28, 2024
On Saturday, September 28th, the Islamic Resistance Movement, or Ḥamās, lamented the loss of Ḥasan Naṣrallah, Secretary-General of Ḥizbullah, whom Ḥizbullah confirmed to be murdered in an Israeli attack.
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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.