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Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005 to Friday, October 28, 2005
Father ‘Id Salāh calls for intercultural and interfaith dialogue during the month of Ramadān in order to present the best of Arab civilization.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2005
When King Fārouq’s sister, Fatihīya, married a Christian, Riād Ghālī, the Coptic church remained silent. The article argues that both Christianity and Islam prohibit such marriages.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005
Qanawātī was born in Alexandria on June 6, 1905 to a Greek Orthodox Christian family. He later converted to Catholicism. He obtained his degree in pharmacology from the Saint Joseph Jesuit College in Beirut in 1926, a diploma in chemical engineering from Lion university in France in 1928. In 1934,...
Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2005
The Holy Synod has denied in a statement that a play, which prompted angry demonstrations from Muslims in Alexandria, was meant to insult Islam or the Qur’ān. The church claimed that “the false allegations” were published by al-Maydān and al-Usbou‘ newspapers to spark sedition between Muslims and...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Given its firm views on women’s issues, the banned Muslim Brotherhood group has been using slogans of women’s emancipation for its own advantage.
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005 to Friday, October 28, 2005
Female students, wearing the niqāb, have been lecturing metro passengers about Islam. The phenomenon started a while ago, but has become more frequent in Ramadān when the metro is the most crowded means of transport.
Date of source: Monday, October 24, 2005
The long tradition of female circumcision seems to be coming to an end, as a law banning the practice has been passed. Some members of the religious establishment have, however, expressed their reservations over the need for such a law.
Date of source: Monday, October 24, 2005
The author discusses a debate, aired on al-‘Arabīya satellite TV channel, concerning the thorny issue of bank interest in Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005 to Friday, October 28, 2005
Khomeini’s Iran, the Taliban’s Afghanistan, Nimeiri’s Sudan and several other countries have claimed to be ruled according to Islam. Yet such ’Islamic’ rule merely led to backwardness and oppression. The elite in Egypt are terrified by the idea that a theocracy Egypt would bring a whirlpool of...
Date of source: Friday, October 21, 2005
The Azhar has rejected a book, taught at the American University in Cairo, after it was found to contain many insults to Islam.
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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.