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Date of source: Wednesday, July 7, 2004
When Habeel Saeed Tawfiq declared himself patriarch of Orthodox Copts and established a new Christian denomination and new papal chair after the name of St. Paul the Apostle, he provided media with cheap publishing material.
The last lawsuit against Habeel is filed by Attia Farid who was hired by...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
John Mitchell made a study about Sayyed Qutb (1906-1966) that was published by Oxford University Press. In his study Mitchell calls him “the engineer of radical Islam.” Mitchell tries to discover the relation between Sayyed Qutb and his ideological project, on the one hand, and the social and...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Regarding the future of the Islamic movement, Mamdouh Ismail, the deputy of the founders of Al-Shari’a Party, expresses his opinion that Islamic groups may return to violence. “The increase of internal and external pressures on Islamists and they way they are prevented from forming political...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
On the 20th of February this year, 66 prominent Muslim personalities from many Muslim countries issued a strong-worded statement against the American presence in Iraq. They announced their support of the national Islamic Iraqi resistance against the American occupation of Iraq. They did not issue...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Hamdi Zaqzouq, the Minister of Awqaf [endowments], stressed that there is no plan to stop building Azharite institutes or to cancel religious education in Egypt. “These are all rumors, because Azharite education cannot be abolished. It is merely a process of regulating the building of...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
After we brought up the issue of stopping building Azharite institutes according a decision by the Council of Governors, we are following up on this issue.
The decision triggered many reactions on all levels from people who reject the decision and doubt its motives by linking it to the so-called...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
I think that the Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeid did not consult the Grand Imam of the Azhar before making his decision that orders stopping the building of Azharite Institutes and bring some of them under the authority of the Ministry of Education.
The Azhar graduated thousands of renowned scholars...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Finally, one year after the United States of America announced the so-called renewal of religious discourse, Mr. Bush was able to achieve what he wanted. Our Prime Minister, God forgive him, surprised us with a shocking decree which he dictated to governors in their last assembly. The decree, which...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
In this interview, the Grand Imam of the Azhar expresses his point of view on a variety of issues, at the fore of which comes the so-called Al-Furqan Al-Haq [The True Qur’an]. Other issues discussed in this interview include means to deal with those who offend Islam, the beheading of hostages, and...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
A heated dialogue between Arab intellectuals was convened in Cairo by the Arab Team for Islamic-Christian Dialogue. The dialogue revolved around the state of religion [in Egypt], democracy and reform. The significance of this dialogue lies in the way it linked issues and concepts such as...
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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.