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Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
Sacd al-Dīn
Ibrāhīm, one of Egypt’s most prominent activists and human rights crusaders, has challenged his country’s leaders
for most of his life. He was imprisoned from 2000 to 2003 on charges that were criticized internationally as being
politically motivated. Ibrāhīm is writing his memoirs...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
The Theological College of the Jesuit University and the College of Sharī‘a in Lebanon are determined to make the dream of a successful dialogue come true. The Jesuit University’s Higher Institute of Islamo-Christian Studies is considered a step in that direction, though it has not yet realized its...
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2005
The Qur’an says about the kitābis [People of the Book] that “They are not all alike” [The Meaning of The Holy Qur’ān by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall,3:113 ].
I just remembered this Qur’ānic fairness when I read about two court rulings and a political position that recently took the attention of...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2005
Arab West Report (AWR) makes a solid contribution to deeper understanding of inter-confessional dynamics in Egypt and elsewhere by seeking to give context to day-to-day discourses and events that often appear senseless or even capricious to the uninformed observer.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Europe said that the Middle East is a region that fraught with problems and that is the reason for the necessity of political, social and economical restructuring. It is true that our region needs to be restructured. So, let us examine this within the framework of peaceful settlement that can be...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2005
Earlier this month, as Egypt’s police celebrated their day, President Hosni Mubarak honored 103 policemen and officers for distinguished performance on duty. Only one – who had lost his life in action – was Copt, meaning that Copts measured 0.97 per cent of the honorees.
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2005
For Arab Christians, this Christmas my have been a time for introspection, but for Arab Muslims it was time for some serious thinking. The last holiday season more than any other in recent memory witnessed events of inclusions and exclusion, both sad and dramatic, symbolically.
Date of source: Saturday, January 15, 2005
The Anglican Church has assumed a prominent role with its ownership of the biggest publishing houses in the Middle East such as the Evangelical Culture House [Kees, this is the exact translation] and Logos Publishing House in Egypt, and Al Manār Publishing House in Beirut.
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
His Holiness Pope Shenouda III is an extremely wise and intellectual man, a unique person who knows and understands a lot. He has a long living memory that goes back in history.
Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2004
The article reports a meeting held in Sheikh Ahmad Keftaro Assembly [Religious complex in the Damascus named after Sheikh Ahmad Keftaro]. Sheikh Ahmad Keftaro is the Mufti of Syria. Egyptian Rev. Dr. Andrea Zaki Estaphanous was present in the meeting. He stressed that Arab-Arab dialogue is...
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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.