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Date of source: Saturday, March 13, 2004
The author [a Muslim intellectual] writes about a debate that took part between him and a member of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya on change of educational curricula in Muslim countries. The debate was aired by Al-Jazeera satellite channel on February 17, 2004. Sheikhs in Egyptian mosques continued the...
Date of source: Monday, March 8, 2004
Books of Islamic education books in Saudi Arabia do not acknowledge the author or the authors. The Ministry of Education in Saudi Arabia is denying the authors of religious books their rights. Did any of the government officials ever think that these books could be related to the theft of research...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 9, 2004
The article is an interview with Egyptian Minister of Education Dr. Hussein Kamel Bahaa Eddin. The interview discusses a number of issues such as whether the U.S. interfered in [Egypt’s] educational curricula, whether religious extremist factions have succeeded in penetrating the teaching ranks,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 2004
The American administration attributes terrorism to culture and faith—especially Islamic faith. The lack of terrorist events during a long period of time in the Islamic culture’s history is evidence that the Islamic culture is not a reason for the terrorism that is currently taking place. So if...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
The article is about educational curricula of the Shari’a in Saudi Arabia which have been reformed. The author presents the opinions and arguments of those who are in favor of the Saudi move and those who are against it.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Historical writings on the history of Copts or Egyptian Christians are very rare because of sensitivity that makes many researchers fear tackling Coptic history. Sources of Coptic history are also very rare.
Dr. Muhammad Afifi is one of the most important researchers who gave attention to Coptic...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2004
The Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, Sheikh Sayyed Tantawi, rejected any interference in the affairs of Muslims under the guise of calls for change and reform. He announced that no one interferes in Al-Azhar’s affairs, including the President or any other authority in the country. He also stressed that...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt used to use the words “Their duties are like our duties and their rights are like our rights.” to explain how they will deal with Copts if they reach power. Regardless of the eliminated phrase “whether they like it or not,” this sentence implies equality, yet there...
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Al-Usbua received documents that confirmed that eliminating the Azhar institutes comes as part of the plan to Americanize the religious discourse in Egypt and the Arab World. Washington believes that the religious educational curricula instill hatred against all things American. For the U.S. to...
Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2004
The book al-Mowarana il Awlama: al-A qbat fi Alam Motaghayer (Citizenship and Globalisation: Copts in a Changing World) by Hany Labib, published by Dar al-Shorouq in 2004 in Arabic, tackles the relationship between Copts and their homeland, in the era of globalisation. Within the context of present...
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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.