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Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
The article claims that President Husnī Mubārak has admitted that this has been a bad year for Egypt's Copts, who were victims of several attacks.
He also promised a prompt response to the latest attack and called for national unity, even referring to the victims of the Alexandria church bombing as...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Following the atrocity in Alexandria, many Christians have responded with angry demonstrations and violence. Though an understandable reaction, AWR's Jayson Casper proposes an idea for Christmas Eve that can unite Christians with the very security forces they are rallying against…
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Jayson Casper considers the attack in Alexandria and the resulting sectarian demonstrations which arose in its wake. He explores some of the contextual issues and finds hope in an interfaith effort promoted by a dialogue group in the city. Even so, efforts to find meaning in the tragedy must go...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman says that the government, Muslims, and Christians need to work together to address the growing sectarian tension in Egypt in order to prevent future attacks, such as the the New Year's Day bombing of a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, which left 21 dead and...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Jayson Casper analyzes the Coptic Orthodox Church's response to the recent ‘Umrāniyyah church riots, a dispute with security forces over the legality of a church construction project that left two dead and dozens arrested.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
The author begins her piece by referring positively to an Italian priest who has permitted Muslims to hold Friday prayers in a section of his church, justifying this by saying he seeks to strengthen relations between the religions.
She then compares this with what she calls the "unjust, stubborn...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The author writes that when she heard that a three-story building in ‘Umrāniyyah had been converted into a mosque, she asked her newspaper editor if he would confirm this, which he did by sending a reporter there.
She comments on the strange timing and speed of converting this unfinished building...
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2010
CIDT Intern Jacquelaine Wong compares the character of Fahri in the 2008 Indonesian film entitled Ayat Ayat Cinta (the Verse of Love) to the lives of Indonesian students who come to study at Cairo's Azhar University...
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2010
Through the experience of dissident Egyptian playwright 'Ali Sālim, former CIDT Intern Katja Müller explores Egyptian attitudes towards Israel since the 1979 peace treaty. Müller recounts Sālim's provacative view that his countrymen should try to understand Israeli's with a more open mind and...
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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.