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Intercultural and interreligious dialogue brought Cornelis Hulsman from a conservative Christian Reformed bubble in the Netherlands to a deeply ecumenical attitude, refraining from absolutist statements about faith since any religion is the outcome of a human search for meaning in life.
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This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 5, 2023
The Monitoring Unit for African Languages of al-Azhar Observatory for Combatting Extremism continued its persistent follow-up on the activities of terrorist organizations in the African continent, which are led by ISIS (Dāʿesh) and al-Qāʿeda, as well as its off-shoots such as the organizations of...
Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2023
The U.S. State Department said in a new report that religious tolerance was a “hallmark of Morocco’s history.”
Date of source: Friday, September 22, 2023
In partnership with the Euro-Mediterranean Center for the Study of Islam, al-Qādirīya al-Bōdshīshīya Ṣūfī Order is convening the 18th edition of the World Ṣūfī Forum under the rubric, “Sufism and religious and patriotic values for the establishment of a comprehensive citizenship.”
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyīb, offered his sincerest condolences to King Moḥammed VI of Morocco and the Moroccan people after a deadly earthquake struck several provinces and cities in the North African country and left thousands of victims killed or wounded.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2023
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (EOTC) has officially accused the government of Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Aḥmed, of involvement in supporting a group of priests who defected from the church. The EOTC has urged the government in a statement to “offer an official apology for its collusion...
Date of source: Saturday, October 8, 2022
Today, Arab countries and the Islamic world celebrate the birth of the Prophet, but the way they celebrate differs between buying sweets they are used to eating every year, preparing food and distributing it to the poor, and other rituals for celebrating this day.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Mahamadou Labarang, Cameroonian ambassador to Cairo, met with the Grand Imam Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib on Wednesday, at the headquarters of al-Azhar, and expressed his desire to establish a regional Azhar institute to serve the Muslims of Central Africa in Cameroon.
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2022
After 60 years of community service, including its provision of aid towards migrants and refugees, the Algerian government shutdown Caritas, the international Catholic charity, claiming the latter’s operation without a proper license.
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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.