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Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
All Christian denominations have been able to create a theological discourse in which they recognize Islam as a religion and a civilization. There are Christian thinktanks that focus on observing and analyzing Islamic religious thought.
The relation between Islamic thought and Christian thought in...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawi, a Coptic Christian, presented a PhD dissertation about the rights and duties of non-Muslims in the Islamic state. Dr. Bebawi says that his dissertation aims at responding to Orientalists and the books they have written that have tarnished the image of Islam and its symbols,...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
Dr. Aly Gomaa, Egypt’s mufti—the highest Islamic cleric authorized to issue fatwa or Islamic legal opinion, in an interview with Watani International said that the call to put the Egyptian house in order was needless, since the Egyptian house was already in. admirable order. I thus find it...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Usama Wadia reports what happened to Ingy Nagy William after the AWR team investigated the reasons of her conversion to Islam. Ingy ran away from her Muslim family in order to get married to her Muslim friend.
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
The whole world is watching us and observing what are we achieving in terms of reform, especially with regards to freedom of expression. We will not stand by helplessly hoping that an internal reform [of the Azhar] is achieved. The Azhar has long been a place for spreading enlightenment and...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Habeel made a visit to Israel in 2002, which coincided with the petition he presented for the establishment of a new Christian denomination. Habeel’s visit to Israel was made at the invitation of the Israeli embassy in Cairo to visit Jerusalem and meet with some Israeli rabbis. There are many...
Date of source: Thursday, January 8, 2004
Arab-West Report presented the draft text of the findings of its staff to Compass Direct. Compass Direct responded on November 21 with “We consider your condemnation as both unwarranted and unjustified. We stand by the story.” Compass Direct refused to provide further explanations. This made the...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Pope Shenouda III, the Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark consecrated a new Orthodox church for expatriate Copts in Vienna. The consecration came in the last day of the Papal visit to Austria that lasted for four days.
(Similar news was reported by Asharq Al-Awsat, July...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 12, 2005
To tackle a critical issue, namely “Coptic divorce,” related legislation, existing realities, and opinions of experts must be considered. Dialogue would eventually lead to a solution to open the door for thousands of Copts hopelessly seeking refuge at the Clerical Council and Egyptian courts.
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2005
The Azhar al-Sharīf declared its support for a document on religious rights issued by a group of Christians and Muslims in the United States, calling itself “Ambassadors for Peace.” His Eminence, the Grand Imām Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, Shaykh of the Azhar, asserted his support for anyone...
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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.