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Date of source: Saturday, March 6, 2010
In addition to the continued, and excellent, series of interviews on the causes and solutions of sectarian fitnah, this issue of Arab-West Report offers a pair of articles on one of the most interesting battles currently taking place in Egypt's public sphere: whether women judges should be...
Date of source: Saturday, February 13, 2010
AWR Editor-in-chief Cornelis Hulsman explains his disagreement with the views of Dutch scholar Dr. Matthijs De Blois about Israel and Palestine, following the release of De Blois book “Israel: A state in discussion?”
Date of source: Tuesday, March 30, 2010
This week's issue takes a rare look at Egypt's Jewish community.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
There is no religious strife (fitnah) in Egypt, but there is religious tension; there is no Christian persecution in Egypt, but there is Christian discrimination. This, in summary, was the message presented in a seminar organized by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS),...
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper reports on a panel discussion held at the JaffaCenter entitled The Fatimid State: Protecting the Holy Places of Mecca and Jerusalem”.
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Week 6 editorial, focussing on cameras in mosques, the state of interfaith dialogue and Egypt's "team of prostrators".
Date of source: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 to Wednesday, March 17, 2010
“Don’t cry for me, mother; to a martyr you’ve given birth.
Murderers killed your son, on a night of Christmas mirth.”
These lines of poetry were crafted for the fortieth day memorial service held for the six young Egyptian Christians randomly gunned down while exiting a Coptic Christmas Eve mass,...
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The role of religion in conflict is an often discussed and complex issue. Over the years many scholars and commentators have commented on religion as an essentially divisive entity; as a cause for conflict. When it comes to conflict resolution and peace building, then, it is often the case that...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Egyptian media coverage of the events in Naj‘ Hammādī turns to ask "how can we prevent a repeat of the tragic incidents?"
Date of source: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Jayson Casper responds to two articles in this week's issue about reports of expatriate Copts' calls for Christians in Egypt to carry arms to defend themselves.
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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.