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Date of source: Saturday, May 11, 2002 to Friday, May 17, 2002
The sexual misconduct of some Catholic priests brought to the surface the issue of marriage and celibacy in Christianity. St. Paul advocated celibacy and virginity because of his belief in the coming of Jesus Christ, which needs man to be free from this world. It was also believed that sex keeps...
Date of source: Saturday, May 11, 2002 to Friday, May 17, 2002
President of the Azhar Permanent Committee of Inter-Religious Dialogue denied that the sheikh of the Azhar had received an invitation from the Archbishop of Canterbury to hold a meeting for dialogue. He refuted this news broadcast by the Arabic information net.
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2002 to Friday, May 10, 2002
Although there are many differences between Christianity and Judaism and despite the fact that Jews does not approve of Christianity, Zionist Christianity supports Judaism and supports the Jewish interests to rebuild the Temple of Solomon and to have their own independent state. They think of this...
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2002 to Friday, May 3, 2002
Some Muslims claimed that the sura of Al-Tawba [Repentance] included a prophecy predicting the September 11 attacks. The author explained how this group of Muslims arrived at this conclusion. He refuted their claim and concluded that they are not on the side of Islam but offend Islam and Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2002 to Friday, May 3, 2002
The Religious Brotherhood Organization discussed in a seminar how Arabs should explain the West the Israeli assault on Christian and Islamic holy places. Why did Christians in the West not demonstrate in support of the Church of the Nativity? What is the relationship between that lack of support...
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2002 to Friday, May 3, 2002
Many Muslim scholars explained that, according to the Shari´a, it is not right to use mosques for demonstrations. Mosques are places for worship and preaching, holy places that should not be a place for shouting and gathering. Expressing anger and dissatisfaction could be done through collecting...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2002 to Friday, April 26, 2002
In Britain, Ireland and America, courts examine hundreds of cases in which Catholic priests are accused of sexual misconduct. Many of those priests were stopped from serving in the Catholic Church or given imprisonment sentences. Although the Vatican pope confessed the sexual misconduct of some...
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2002 to Friday, April 19, 2002
The administration of the University of Alexandria told its students to notify the security bodies before starting any demonstration to express their objection to the events taking place in Palestine, so that security bodies may be able to secure them. However the Brotherhood, via cell phones,...
Date of source: Saturday, April 6, 2002 to Friday, April 12, 2002
The author criticizes the attitude of emigrant Copts towards what is happening in Palestine. He expressed the opinion that whenever there is something related to Copts in Egypt, they ask for the intervention of the USA. However, they did nothing when Israel killed their fellow Christians in...
Date of source: Saturday, March 30, 2002 to Friday, April 5, 2002
The Egyptian TV shows religious programs giving fatwas live on air. This leads to confusion among people as fatwas are given without due reflection. The head of the Azhar Fatwa Committee said that not every question could be answered directly. An Azhar scholar said that those who give fatwas...
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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.