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Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
King ‘Abd Allāh of Saudi Arabia has met Pope Benedict XVI at the Vatican the first audience by the head of the Roman Catholic Church with a Saudi monarch. Despite widespread support for the king’s initiative, hard-liners considered it treason to Islam, and an attempt to normalize relations with the...
Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2007
Fahmī Huwaydī criticizes the use of religion to achieve certain political goals.
Date of source: Friday, November 2, 2007 to Saturday, November 3, 2007
The following presents the continuation of a lengthy interview with Bishop Bīshūy in which he expresses his opinions on different issues.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2007
In an unprecedented step King ‘Abd Allāh Bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz of Saudi Arabia visits the Vatican and engages in dialogue with Pope Benedict XVI.
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2007
The article discusses a letter sent by over 130 Muslim scholars to Christian leaders around the world, stressing the need for global peace.
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2007
The author discusses Pope Benedict XVI’s apology to natives of South America for the massacre they suffered at the hands of European missionaries. He questions why the pope apologizes for these acts, yet refuses to apologize for his insults against Islam, and wonders what “sword” Islam is being...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2007 to Saturday, July 14, 2007
While Egyptian non-Catholic churches expressed their angry reactions to the Vatican document, Catholic figures, including the director of the Holy See’s Press Office, declared that the document was mainly to clarify Catholic doctrinal issues and was not intended to offend any church or denomination...
Date of source: Thursday, July 12, 2007
Samīr Marqus summarizes a lecture he had delivered about religion in international relations, and sheds light on the Vatican Document, believing that understanding the document requires digging deeper in the socio-political background of the Catholic Church.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
The following article presents an interview with Coptic Catholic Metropolitan Kyrillos William, bishop of Assuit. Metropolitan William speaks about the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt in general and Assiut in particular. He provides information about the number of Coptic Catholics in Egypt and the...
Date of source: Friday, March 23, 2007
Egyptian intellectuals respond to an offensive cartoon depicting the grand imām of the Azhar dressed in papal robes with a cross in his hand published by an independent newspaper as a sign of protest to his potential visit to the Vatican.
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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.