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Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
A Coptic intellectual proposes the abolition of religious education in all Egyptian schools. A Muslim intellectual rejects the idea.
Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
An update on the court proceedings concerning the controversy over a play put on by a Coptic church, which allegedly insults Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 16, 2005
The author criticizes the externalization of the Copts’ problems and provides a guide for solving these problems. He also discusses the issue of the renovation of churches and the reforms made by the present government in this matter.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Playing in a game between the English football teams, Tottenham Hotspurs and West Ham United, Ahmad Husām received racist abuse about his Arabic origins.
Date of source: Friday, November 18, 2005
In response to the U.S. State Department report citing discrimination against the approximately 700,000 Shiites in Egypt, the author reviews the situation of Shiites in Egypt and Sunni-Shiite relations in general.
Date of source: Friday, November 18, 2005
The article seeks to define jihād and dispel common misconceptions in the West about the concept, using the arguments of German orientalist Sigrid Hunke.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
The author looks at various reasons for the growing number of women and girls who choose to wear the headscarf. He is critical of those who wear the headscarf for reasons other than piety and faith.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
A scathing criticism of political Islam, providing alternative ways of addressing the intellectual crisis of the Islamic world.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005
The article discusses the phenomenon of business in the name of Islam and cites prominent Muslim scholar, Dr. Ahmad ‘Umar Hāshim’s theological arguments on the matter.
Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
Sufis have recently begun to emerge on the Egyptian political scene. Immediately before the presidential elections, the chief shaykh of Sufism in Egypt, Shaykh Hasan al-Shinnāwī issued a statement in which he declared his full support for the incumbent president, Muhammad Husnī Mubārak. Observers...
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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.