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Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 2003
Several months ago Jewish media launched a campaign for the recovering of alleged Jewish possessions in Arab and Islamic countries, including the whole Abbasiya district in Egypt, a great part of the Yemeni city of Aden and villages in Iraq. Mosques and Islamic institutions are already constructed...
Date of source: Saturday, June 28, 2003
Dr. Hagagi Ibrahim, the president of the Antiquities Department at the Faculty of Arts, Tanta University, gives a background about the Psalms of David. He comments on magic in Judaism and claims that parts of the psalms were used in magic. He also comments on Jewish antiquities in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
A German film production company has presented a request to the Supreme Council of Antiquities, seeking permission to film part of a documentary about the history of the Jews, at Jewish monuments in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
The author argues that religious texts in the Torah and the Bible are corrupted and that they are not the original holy books revealed to Moses and Jesus.
Date of source: Sunday, January 22, 2006
Reviewer: ‘Amr al-Misrī
The newspapers report that some extremist Israelis have been celebrating the mawlid of Abu Hasīra in Egypt with strange rituals which have caused much anger among Egyptian locals.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
The author states that Menachem Begin claimed that his ancestors had helped build the Pyramids but that this is untrue.
Date of source: Friday, May 14, 2004
There is a widespread belief that the children of Israel joined the Egyptians in building the pyramids. A school of Jewish archeologists and authors has supported this opinion. Now, they are excavating in Egypt. If we let them excavate for the monuments then they will interpret it in their own...
Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2001
The decision of the Higher Council for Antiquities to consider Abu Hasera’s tomb, in Demtawa, as a monument, was taken four months ago. Until now, however, it has not been published in the official newspaper-which means that it is not enforceable. The inhabitants of Demtawa were very angry and...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 23, 2001
Canceling the celebration of the mulid of Abu Hasera satisfied the inhabitants of Demtawa. They were not ready to see Jews celebrating their feast with alcohol whilst their compatriots are still killing Palestinians. Lawyer Mohammed Abu Ismael is now making enquiries in Morocco in order to certify...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
The mosque of Amr Ibn Al-As, the synagogue of Ezra and the church of Abu Serga are located in one spot in Old Cairo. The mosque of Amr Ibn Al-As is the oldest mosque in Egypt and Africa and the fourth mosque built in Islam. The Abu Serga church is built over a cave where the Holy Family hid. The...
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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.