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Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2004
The author explains the misunderstanding of the concept of “secularism." in Islamic and Arab
societies; secularism is presented as a call for atheism and apostasy. Based on this
misunderstanding, some launched an attack on France because the country has banned religious
symbols in public schools...
Date of source: Friday, February 13, 2004
More than one French magazine
confirmed that Tareq Ramadan, the grandson of the founder of the banned group of the Muslim
Brotherhood, is the target of many Western and Arab intelligence agencies as [allegedly] the
secret leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe. But Ramadan denied all the...
Date of source: Monday, February 16, 2004
The Hebrew newspaper Hatsoveh published an
article on January 20, written by Hagi Hofferman, in which it attacked newspapers that criticized
the Bibliotheca Alexandria’s decision to withdraw the controversial Protocols of Zion from the
shelves of the library. Al-Arabi and Al-Usboa were attacked...
Date of source: Thursday, February 12, 2004
Pope Shenouda III, the pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the Sea
of Saint Mark, denied the mediation of the church in the divorce cases of Coptic Christians,
reaffirming that everybody is treated the same.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 10, 2004
The
Samaritans are a small group that does not exceed 654 persons worldwide. The creed of the
Samaritans is that God is one, whose divine nature is absolutely spiritual, Moses is His sealed
[last] Prophet and the Torah is the Holy Book. They also believe that Mount Gerizim is the only
true...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2004
As the Coptic fasting that precedes the Easter started on 16 February [it
continues for 55 days], the article gives information about fasting in Coptic Christianity, its
meaning and rules.
Date of source: Friday, February 27, 2004
Many writings
claim that Islam is against the values of Western civilization such as democracy, freedom, human
rights, tolerance and accepting the other.
The opinions of scholars such as Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi
Zaqzouq, minister of Awqaf [Endowments] and Dr. Muhammad Abdel Halim, head of the Saleh...
Date of source: Sunday, February 29, 2004
Nasr Hamid Abu Zeid does not like to be presented as the oppressed or the exiled
intellectual. In his writings, he confirmed that the aim of his discussions and questions is “not
doubting the validity but attempting to understand.” He untiringly calls for “the freedom of
research, discussion and...
Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2004
Almost two weeks ago Anthony Weiner, a member of the American Congress, submitted a
draft of an urgent project in which he requests that American military assistance to Egypt and
all forms of economic cooperation between the countries be halted unless the issue of Copts is
dealt with.
The...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 2, 2004
The decision to form the National Council for Human Rights is a step forward on the road to achieving freedom and justice in Egypt. The whole of the Egyptian society divided into two parts, the first part is strongly enthusiastic about the decision and believes that it would solve all...
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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.