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On the occasion of Christmas, His Beatitude Cardinal
Stephanos II, Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt, wrote an article that was published in both al-Ahram
and al-Akhbar on "The Christmas of Love." Dr. Laila Takla and Zein al-Abeedin al-Rekabi wrote in al-Ahram and Asharq
Al-Awsat...
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The US Copts Association issued a statement emphasizing its commitment
to Egyptian issues and its support for the Palestinian issue. It declared its solidarity with the Palestinian people
in their struggle to free their land from Israeli occupation. The statement also refuted claims about its...
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Akher Saa, al-
Arabi and al-Ahali approached Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant Christian clergymen, from Egypt and Palestine, and
asked them to comment on the crisis of the Church of the Nativity. They all criticized Sharon?s practices against the
birthplace of Jesus Christ and against the...
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Many articles
focussed on the opinions of religious and political leaders concerning the crisis around the Church of the Nativity.
They compared responses from different churches; Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic.
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The Israeli siege of
the Church of Nativity shows that Arab Christians stand alongside Muslims in the fight against Israel. The newly
founded Christian al-Mahd [al-Mahd = nativity, named after the Church of the Nativity] organization places martyrdom
operations on their priorities list. The...
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More than 10,000 Muslims and
Christians attended the ?National Conference to Support the Palestinians? that was held in the St. Mark Cathedral upon
the call of Pope Shenouda. The conference was an expression of Egyptians? objection to the Israeli practices against
the Palestinians. Pope Shenouda...
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All Copts and church leaders in Egypt and all over the world condemned Sharon?s practices against the
Palestinians and the fact that the Israeli forces attacked the Church of Nativity in Bethlehem and prevented
worshipping in it for the first time in history. They asked different countries all...
Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2006
The author calls on Arabs, whether Christians or Muslims, to work to solve the problem of Jerusalem through means of peaceful co-existence with Jews and constructive political and economical relations with Israel. He strongly rejects the policy of boycotting which clears the path for Israel to...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Prof. Andreas van Agt explained great changes in the cultural climate of north-western Europe in the pasty decades, becoming more hostile to religion and certainly not only Islām. Muslims needs to understand those changes in order to be able to respond better to European critique on Islām and the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 13, 2007
The article discusses the obdurate Israeli authorities’ excavations underneath the Aqsá Mosque, the third Muslims’ Qiblah, and the third al-Ḥarām al-sharif [the Holy compound].
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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.