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This text about Dutch Arabist and scholar of Islam Prof. Dr. Johannes (Hans) G. Jansen (1942-2015) is based on Cornelis Hulsman’s personal experiences with Prof.
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2023
Since its establishment in 1974, the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) has been preoccupied with the Palestinian cause, and not a single one of its meetings has passed without addressing this issue. Over the course of half a century, the council has held many meetings and seminars that have...
Date of source: Saturday, September 9, 2023
Lebanon’s Supreme Islamic Sharīʿa Council extended the tenure of Grand Muftī Shaykh ʿAbd al-Laṭīf Diryān for an additional five years. His term was supposed to expire in one and a half years, which is when he reaches the legal age of 73, but this extension has allowed him to stay in his post until...
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2023
Today (Saturday, August 5), the Greek Orthodox Church is celebrating the Transfiguration of Christ. The Holy Book tells how Jesus, after announcing his Passion to his Disciples, “took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was...
Date of source: Friday, June 23, 2023
Activities of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church’s Synod, under Patriarch Yūsuf al- ͑Absī, are continuing until Saturday (June 24) at the patriarchal seat in al-Rabwa, Lebanon.
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2023
Sheikh Muḥammad Abū al-Qatʿa, who appeared in a video playing football inside the mosque, revealed that the boys who appeared with him had been training outside whilst it was raining, and that what he did was not a violation of Sharīʿa.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Leaders from the Catholic Church and Christian aid organizations discuss the church’s important role in providing aid and support to all who are in need of help, particularly refugees from Syria, considering the region’s suffering from armed conflicts, violent extremism, massive human displacement...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2022
According to Sonia Rizq writing in al-Diyyār, the fears and concerns of the Maronite Patriarch, H.G. Cardinal Mar Bishāra al-Rāʿī are manifested in his Sunday sermons and in all his positions, due to his fear for the fate of Lebanon in general, and for Christians in particular, who tend to emigrate...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2021
Maria Kicha is a Russian writer, a PhD in Law, a historian, and traveler. Apart from teaching at Russian State University of Justice, research of the Middle East is her key occupation. Even though she does not usually refer to herself as an Oriental Studies specialist, Maria is the author of three...
Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 2021
1. Anton Wessels, The Grand Finale. The Apocalypse in the Tanakh, the Gospel, and the Qur’an, Translated by Henry Jansen and Lucy Hofland, Wipf & Stock, Eugene, Oregon, 2020, 321 pp. Paperback $ 35 E-book $ 9.99 This English version is dedicated to Professor Saeid Edalatnejad of the...
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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.