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Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2010
In an interview with Rose al-Yūsuf, Bishop Antonius Najīb, Egypt's first Cardinal eligible to become the Vatican pope, called the threats made by al-Qā‘idah “insane” and said that they do not worry him. He said that political Islam was discussed in a recent meeting in the Vatican City and it was...
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2010
Coptic secular activist Kamāl Zākhir writes about the “citizenship principle” which means treating all Egyptians equally, regardless of their religion. He says that the principle was destroyed after President Jamāl ‘Abd al-Nāsir's death, which left a vacuum that was occupied by religious extremism...
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2010
Karam opens with a word on how Lord Cromer failed to cause fitnah tā’ifīyah in Egypt due to the strong national unity between its people at the time. He then asks whether that same spirit of national unity can be revived. He explains how foreign forces have always tries tried to cause fitnah tā’...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
‘Abd al-Nūr says that al-Qāī‘dah’s recent threats to sabotage Egyptian churches reveals that the group’s goals in Egypt extend beyond issuing statements every now and then. Their goals, ‘Abd al-Nūr says, are not far from the recent massacre in Iraq. He adds that Egyptian churches are not the only...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Minister of Finance Yūsuf Butrus Ghālī announced yesterday at a conference by the World Customs Organization that several booby-trapped parcels were discovered on their way to Egypt. He says that five Arab countries have been added to the Cairo Airport’s blacklist for having branches of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
52 people were killed and 71 were injured while police attempted to free Catholic hostages held at the Sayyidat al-Najāh church in Baghdad by the "Islamic State of Iraq" organization. Al-Qā‘idah announced that the Coptic Orthodox Church has 48 hours to release the alleged Muslim detainees held in...
Date of source: Monday, November 1, 2010
Lam‘ī says that Hizb Allāh leader Hasan Nasr Allāh is both a curse and a blessing for Lebanon because he represents both the resistance against Israel, as well as a defect in the Lebanese government by his group’s mere existence. He talks about the allegations of Hizb Allāh being involved in Rafīq...
Date of source: Monday, November 1, 2010
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr. Rowan Williams sent an official invitation to Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib to visit Great Britain next autumn. In a press release following the Azhar’s meeting with representatives of the Episcopal Church, it was made clear that talks with the Archbishop of...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The committee put together by the Supreme Council of Press called on journalists to honor their code of ethics and protect the nation from causers of fitnah atā’ifīyah. They expressed support of The Islamic Research Academy’s statement and Pope Shenouda III’s concern for national unity and...
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 2010
The Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination group criticized the current dispute between Dr. Muhammad Salīm Al-‘Awwā and Bishop Bīshūy, claiming it to be threatening to national unity. In their statement issued yesterday, the group requested that the Azhar make an official speech prohibiting...
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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.