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Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
The first International Symposium on Egypt’s Cops took place in Zurich, Switzerland, between September 23 and September 25, 2004. This important event was organized by Mr. Adly Youssef, a leading Copt who lives in Switzerland, and was sponsored by "Christian Solidarity International" (CSI), "The...
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2004
Ashraf Al-Khadraa wrote in Asharq Al-Awsat, September 1, 2004, AWR,
2004, week 36, art. 29 that Christian missionaries target Muslim refugees in Norway and that this has become a huge controversy in Norway. Ashraf Al-Khadraa was probably alerted to this issue by an article on Aug. 27, 2004, in...
Date of source: Monday, October 4, 2004
Throughout the history of the Orthodox Church patriarchs have been using the right to defrock priests and punish bishops and monks in order to protect the Church teachings or to stop heretics. In the very modern history of the Church, many persons have been subjected to these punishments. Several...
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
Now Benedicta Ward SLG and Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, have joined (or, better, rejoined) the caravan out to the desert--not, fortunately, as tourists but as seekers and translators. Dr. Rowan Williams’ Silence and Honey Cakes illustrates the wisdom Coptic monastic life. Sister...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
Muhammad Mahdi Akef, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, answers questions about political reform, the recently established unified opposition front, the upcoming parliamentary elections and other topics.
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Imam of the Azhar, formerly Egyptian Mufti , compared the US invasion of Iraq to the liberation of Mecca in an interview with the Al-Hurra channel last week. He explained that US forces came to aid the people of Iraq and rescue them from the tyranny,...
Date of source: Friday, October 1, 2004
The Islamic da’ya [a person who calls to Islam, a preacher] Youssef Al-Qaradawi is one of the icons of moderate Islamic thought and that is why he was chosen as head of the International League of Muslim Scholars as well as the European Council for Fatwas and Research. In this interview, Sheikh...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
An analysis of the present policies of the State and the government, and their current method of dealing with the problems of Egyptians in general and Copts in particular make me no optimist.
A long history of official disregard and denial of the curtailment of Coptic citizenship rights appears to...
Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2004
The Coptic issue is one of the most important in the Egyptian question’s political file. Copts’ political, religious and cultural demands have been a pressing issue of tension. The inter-Coptic discourse, some of which can be spotted in the writings of some Coptic Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
During a conference, organized by the Ibn Khaldoun Center headed by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, on Islam and Reform, representatives of political Islam took part in the dialogue and the Islamic movements were encouraged to be involved in the democratic process. The final statement released by the center...
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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.