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Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
In an interview with al-Wafd, the official spokesman for the Egyptian Catholic Church, Father Rafīq Greish, said that former U.S. President George W. Bush is responsible for the Sayyidat al-Najāh Church massacre in Iraq because it is one of the consequences of the President allegedly destroying...
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 2010
Anna Lindh Foundation Executive Director Andrew Clart said that Egypt is an important country because of its religious diversity and called upon Europeans to understand that Islam is a religion of peace. Andrew told al-Misrī al-Yawm that one of the foundation’s main activities is to counter the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 14, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated Pope Shenouda III's “39th Year as Pope” yesterday morning. The celebrations were attended by priests and members of the Holy Synod. The Coptic Cultural Center printed and distributed a book on the Pope’s life. An ecclesiastical source told al-Wafd that the Pope...
Date of source: Sunday, November 14, 2010
The author criticizes Archbishop Athanasius Dāwūd’s call upon Iraqi Christians to flee their country because of al-Qā‘idah’s threats. He says that the call gives the impression that Arab Christians are guests in the Arab world who should flee to the West as soon as they sense danger. He also says...
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2010
Ramzī Zaqlamah discusses whether determining the specific number of Copts in Egypt is important. He says an accurate number does not exist because Copts tend to over-count and Muslims usually tend to under-count, wrongfully linking population numbers with rights and duties towards the nation. He...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
CIDT Intern Hibah Mutāwi‘ interviews the founder of the Islamic Hotline service....
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The headscarf is a controversial topic in the West, but popular discussion often neglects to consider how women who wear the hijāb think and feel about it. This interview with an Egyptian student girl who chose to cover her hair is not a general explanation about why women wear the hijab, but...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Dāwūd talks about a fatwá prohibiting women from working as cashiers. The ruling was issued by the Saudi Arabian Council for Fatwá and Research and consequently opposed by a press campaign publishing previous fatwás by the council permitting women to work as cashiers. Dāwūd claims that this is the...
Date of source: Monday, November 8, 2010
AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman critiques a review of Martin Gilbert's In Ishmael's House: A History of Jews in Muslim Lands....
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
A group of activists on Facebook created a group supporting Copts against the recent threats made by al-Qā‘idah that target Egyptian churches. The group’s main goal is to bring Muslims and Copts in Egypt together against foreign threats. The group is considered by many of its members to be a good...
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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.