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Date of source: Saturday, April 12, 2008
The Egyptian press relentlessly covers the national and international reactions to Geert Widers’ film ’Fitna’. A young man in Saudi Arabia has made a movie to respond to ’Fitna’. He used shots that showed British solders filming Iraqis being tortured and simultaneously displayed Biblical texts that...
Date of source: Sunday, March 30, 2008
Paul Berman discusses the impact that radical and political Islam has had in Iraq, particularly in relation to its impact on relations with the U.S., and the misinterpretation of these ideologies amongst many Western intellectual circles.
Date of source: Sunday, March 30, 2008
Christian communities in the Orient and their declining numbers are discussed in the following article, as well as some of the reasons behind this decline.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The issue of Muslims who are recruited into foreign armies and their participation in the wars taking place in Muslim countries is under discussion by the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy.
Date of source: Friday, April 23, 2004
Since the start of this year the Islamic world has seen a number of conferences that focus on the change toward democracy. Democratic reform is the only means for Islamic nations to get out of the historical crisis they are going through.
The two cases of Iraq and Afghanistan have proven that the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 7, 2008
Jamāl Abū al-Futūh comments on a few-minute long video clip that spread like wildfire via mobile phones among Egyptian youths about the execution of a teenage girl. The clip claimed that the girl is a Copt being stoned because she embraced Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2008
Fahmī Huwaydī, the author, says the Egyptian record of human rights violations is too bad to be defended, affirming that reports of human rights groups in Egypt are based on true stories of victims.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2008
The authors outline short biographies of ten Coptic figures that they believe are the most famous. The individuals include pioneers in business, culture, politics and the arts.
Date of source: Friday, January 11, 2008
The number of Christians is seriously diminishing in Arab countries. Conflicts in the region are behind their collective emigration.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Drs. Hulsman’s report discusses the state of past and present relations between Muslims and Christians in Egypt. The paper opens by giving information about Pope Shenouda III and the most important incidents that have taken place during his reign. The second half of the paper then looks at specific...
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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.