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Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2013
Relation religion and democracy
In this presentation I would like to outline that the basis for a democracy is in the first place the recognition of the equality and dignity of man and therefore the freedom of religion. And that subsequently a democratic system is based on that, characterised by...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Jamāl al-Bannā, a great friend of Arab-West Report, passed away today at the age of 93. Jamāl al-Bannā, born in 1920, was the younger brother of Hassan al-Bannā, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, whose policies he rejected. Jamāl al-Bannā was widely perceived by Egyptians as a liberal thinker...
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2013
On Tuesday, January 12, the Coptic Catholic Church of Egypt will hold a ceremonial Mass to celebrate the appointment of her new Patriarch Ibrāhīm Ishāq. The Mass will be held in the Coptic Catholic Cathedral of Saint Mary in Nasr City, Cairo. [Author not mentioned, Watanī, Jan.27, p. 3] Read...
Date of source: Saturday, January 26, 2013
As I write about life here in Maadi I cannot help myself becoming more and more sceptical and worried about the future of Egyptian society; usually I am a very optimistic and positive person but life for many has become more and more harsh over the last three years and I find myself like many...
Date of source: Saturday, January 26, 2013
On Friday, the 25th I was in Tahrir for many hours meeting people and discussing the future of Egypt. I saw a few young men with faces covered in black. “These belong to the Black Bloc,” George Missīhah said, who had led a march from his hometown, Qanātir to Tahrir. This is a new group, fighters...
Date of source: Sunday, January 13, 2013
In the name of God the most Merciful, and the most Compassionate
To: Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Director and Founder of the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT) Dear Sir, As I follow up the sincere efforts your good self exert for promoting dialogue between Muslims and Christians...
Date of source: Thursday, January 17, 2013
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had...
Date of source: Thursday, January 17, 2013
In October 2012 Arab-West Report organized for the Dutch political parties VVD (liberal) and CDA (Christian Democrat) a visit of representatives of five Egyptian political parties to The Netherlands in the context of the MATRA South Programme of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs that is...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
Arab-West Report would like to wish its readers a blessed 2013.Truth searching is difficultWe are living in a world were sensational reporting is given priority over truth. The search for truth has become irrelevant to many who report on Muslim-Christian or Islamist-non-Islamist relations. Being...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2012
These are dangerous times. There are organized forces at work in the West exploiting every opportunity to foster Islamophobia -- in other words to fan fear of Muslims into hatred of Muslims by every means possible. The most obvious way is to take periodic examples of extremism among Muslims and...
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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.