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Date of source: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
I have been asked by the Department of Middle Eastern Studies, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts at the University of West Bohemia in the Czech Republic to provide four lectures about Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt. I have lectured at the same university and department in 2004. I also attended...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 3, 2013
On March 28, 2013 Fox News broadcast an incendiary video report entitled, ‘US Silent as Christians are Persecuted in Egypt?’ It is understood that media relies on a level of sensationalism in order to attract the viewer or reader to a story. Yet this report moves beyond sensationalism to distortion...
Date of source: Saturday, March 30, 2013
The Egyptian transition following the 2011 January 25th revolution has been fraught with controversy; among many has been the reform of the judiciary system. While the 1971 constitution guaranteed an independent judiciary, the following year President Sādāt presided over the passing of law 46 which...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
In a statement delivered to Rose al-Yūsuf, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II said: “I was keen to reassure the Copts feeling anxious for their future. The occasion of Christmas, a joyful day that carries a message of love and peace, was the ideal occasion to do so” (Michael ‘Adil, Rose al-Yūsuf, Jan...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 9, 2012
We received from Ms. Judith van Tiggelen of The Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy the recordings of the discussion between Dutch politicians and the Egyptian multiparty delegation about the process of working towards a new constitution in Egypt. Because we had no staff to make a...
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2013
“Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions”, Vatican II, Nostra Aetate, 28 October, 1965, Article 3.
“The Church has also a high regard for the Muslims. They worship God, who is one, living and subsistent, merciful and almighty, the Creator of heaven and earth, who has...
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2013
On February 4 the International Crisis Group presented a Conflict Alert about Egypt. The analysis is good but yet some comments can and should be made:ICG:It is difficult to know which is most dangerous: the serious uptick in street violence; President Morsi’s and the Muslim Brotherhood’s serial...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The popular image of Salafī Muslims in Egypt is of a lower-class, older generation, perhaps limited in educational achievement. This is not their fault, many might patronizingly sympathize, as President Mubarak is blamed for letting the school system rot to keep the population ignorant, poor, and...
Date of source: Thursday, January 31, 2013
Meeting Senior Pastor Radi A. Iskanderat his office behind his church, the Evangelical church of Atarine.Alexandria, 22 January. As turmoil in Egypt continues and the situation in Suez and Cairo as well as Alexandria hardens, dialogue seems a distant possibility. In his office, in the building...
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2013
“People hear about people and think in clichés and stereotypes.
Now they were able to challenge and counterbalance me.”
Ṭāriq Shaʿlān about the New Arab Debates.
Co-founder and head of the economic committee of the new al-Waṭan Party, Ṭāriq Shaʿlān, engaged in an intense debate with lawyer Ghādāh...
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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.