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Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
The Egyptian government and people, Christians and Muslims alike, warmly welcomed Pope John Paul II ’s visit. This universal welcome reflected the tolerance and unity of the Egyptian people. After returning to the Vatican, he announced a historic apology for massacres his forefathers committed...
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
On personal level, the Pope’s apology to the Arabs for their persecution during the Crusades and later campaigns is a praiseworthy, responsible, and courageous effort to atone for his forefathers’ sins. On a general level, opening the door of apology raises questions as to whom and on behalf of...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
How would the followers of the other religions think of Christ?...This is a question that was answered by the American newspaper "Newsweek". The newspaper published a report in which it revealed that the Muslims are the people who most respect Christ and the people who believe most in his calls for...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 to Wednesday, April 5, 2000
The apology of the Pope transformed the Jews into victims, so that we shouldn’t bother them any more, even if they occupy our land, as they have had enough problems or suffering during the Holocaust. Why didn’t the Church’s leader raise the logical question: "What is the guilt of Palestinians [that...
Date of source: Friday, March 24, 2000
Subtitles: The Muslims: The apology is political and not religious. The Catholics: The Pope’s aim is spreading peace. The Orthodox: The apology represents a European vision and not a Christian vision. The apology declaration which was delivered by Pope John Paul II, the Pope of Vatican, during the...
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2000
In the first incident of its kind in the history of the Catholic Church, Pope John Paul II asked for forgiveness for the mistakes and sins in which the Catholic Church participated during the past two thousand years. The most prominent of these sins was mistreating the believers of other religions...
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2000 to Friday, March 17, 2000
"... In the weekly sermon in Saint Peter’s Square, the Pope, made apologies for the way the church treated the scientist Galileo who said the earth revolves around the sun. The Pope also spoke about the pain the Crusaders caused for the people in the East. This will also be discussed in the meeting...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
When the extremist secular Farag Foda killed himself [this is the formulation of the author. Foda was murdered. See the comments of the RNSAW in the text], Sheikh Al-Sharawi - may God rest his soul - shouted: "Allahu Akbar! If I was to kill anybody, I would have killed this man..."
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
It seems that Muslims have no other option but to believe that they are destined to fight fierce warfare in the twenty first century and they will not find any way out of its fires. The snares are set everywhere and these snares are getting narrower every day. In this new era, Muslims have no...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
Whatever the circumstances were, or the excuses, what happened last week in Al-Koshh that is located in Upper Egypt should not pass away without strict and harsh punishment for everyone who caused or participated in or encouraged the disaster.
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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.