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Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 2010
In his meeting with the Wafd juniors in Port Said, Al-Sayyid al-Badawī, head of the Wafd Party, stressed that Egyptians are angry and that they abhor the peace treaty under which the Palestinian people are attacked.
He also asserted that whoever thinks that America wants democracy in Egypt is...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Influenced by the revolutionary climate prevailing in the Arab world, the young Palestinians organized huge demonstrations in several Palestinian cities, calling for an end to the rift between Hamās and Fatah.
They swiftly responded to this call, announcing that they are ready to meet and discuss...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2011
Ahmad Kamāl 'Abū al-Majd says that the unified law for building places of worship must be passed. He also supports a law to combat discrimination based on origin, gender, or religion.
'Abū al-Majd alleges that the only one who has an interest in creating division in Egypt is the one who want to get...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2011
The article at hand reports on the Israeli proposal to build 1,400 new apartments in the contested eastern half of Jerusalem. The proposal’s implementation would not only enrage Palestinians, but could also aggravate the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. However, in pointing out that the proposal...
Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 2010
In this lengthy interview with October Magazine, Bishop Yūhannā Qultah says that the recent meeting of the Middle East Synod in Vatican City has "changed the church's perception of Islam 180 degrees, encouraging it to respect Islam and Muslims."
The Deputy Patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church...
Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
A number of Azhar scholars have rejected an Egyptian gas company’s plan to export gas to Israel over 20 years.
Dr. Nasr Farīd Wāsil, the former Grand Muftī of Egypt, told al-Dustūr that exporting gas to Israel is a sin according to Sharī‘ah, so long as it continues its aggression and usurpation of...
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 2010
Endowments Minister Mahmūd Hamdī Zaqzūq held a press conference yesterday to announce the Supreme Council for Islamic Affair’s summit on the situation in Jerusalem that is to be held next February. During the conference, Zaqzūq renewed his call for Muslims to visit Jerusalem with an Israeli visa,...
Date of source: Saturday, October 30, 2010
Egyptian blogger Dalyā Ziyādah says she won the Anna Lindh Euro-Med Prize for writing an article in English criticizing the large number of women wearing niqāb and blaming it on the Azhar. The article says that the Anna Lindh foundation is considered suspicious for its relations with Zionism and...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2010
This article details the Egyptian-German Young Leader’s Forum (EGYLF), affiliated to the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), that has placed its faith in the relevance of interaction and dialogue among people of the world.
Date of source: Friday, May 14, 2010
This article reflects on the Muslim reactions to Netanyahu’s claim that Jerusalem, or Zion, is mentioned in the Bible as the homeland of the Jews 850 times.
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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.