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Date of source: Thursday, January 15, 2015
The U.K. Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood called on Egyptian authorities during his meeting with President `Abd al-Fattāh al-Sisi Thursday to review the case of Aljazeera journalists and to take more steps for the political reform.
Date of source: Thursday, January 28, 2016
The Marrakesh declaration contrasts with the World Watch List 2016 of Open Doors, released on January 13, 2016, in which 50 countries, mostly Muslim, are listed as countries where Christians are persecuted most. Open Doors is identifying Islamic Extremism as the main persecution engine in Egypt...
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 2016
The fight against IS must also be fought in ideological terms. Egyptian Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Salah, who speaks the language of Salafi Muslims, is eager to play a role in this effort. This is the background of my contribution to the Op Ed page in Trouw.
Date of source: Thursday, February 26, 2015
Saʿd al-Dīn Ibrāhīm underlines the need for a dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood, since they are part of the Egyptian society and most families have relatives with links to them. Discussing the conditionality of such a dialogue, Ibrāhīm makes it clear that any sort of violence against people...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 2, 2015
Purpose of this visit was to create understanding between Egypt and the West, Muslims and Christians. The Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) advocates dialogue based on facts and acceptance of peoples of different beliefs and convictions but does not want to advocate any political or...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
Pope Tawāḍrūs: Egypt stands out among the world’s countries
The Coptic Patriarch Tawāḍrūs said that the first monk lived in Egypt, where the first congregation was founded too, and that the Egyptian nation therefore has a special place in human history. Using the metaphor of the lighthouse, he...
Date of source: Friday, April 10, 2015
The Assembly of Islamic Research congratulates Copts on Easter, saying “Egyptians are One Cloth”
The Assembly of Islamic Research at al-Āzhar University congratulated Pope Tūādrūs the Second and all Copts for the solutions used during the Easter celebrations. The statement explained that Copts...
Date of source: Monday, April 6, 2015
Fisk reveals the secret to tolerance between Muslims and Copts in the region
The famous British writer Robert Fisk, writing in the Independent, discussed the history and nature of Christian-Muslim relations in the Middle East. Despite the persecution that Christians living under Dā’sh experience...
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2015
Permission given to build a church in Istanbul for the first time in the history of Turkey
Sources with the Prime Minister’s Council confirmed that the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has agreed to give a piece of land to a Christian tribe to build a new church in Yashīl Kawī in Istanbul. The...
Date of source: Saturday, November 15, 2014
An agreement signed on October 22 between the Center of Arab-West Understanding and the Global Forum for Media and Development (Egypt) is turning out to be very fruitful for both parties in their contributions for a better future for Egypt.
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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.