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Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2006
Muslim holidays coincide with Coptic feasts this year. In an interview with al-Ahrām, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, the Egyptian Muftī, speaks about the miracle of the birth of Jesus Christ from a Muslim perspective. Demonstrating the status of Christ in Islām, the grand Muftī explains that Islām holds Christ...
Date of source: Saturday, December 30, 2006
The article presents a brief review of some literary works on the hajj, to show how literature has been influenced by religious values in society.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
The Libyan president says that Christians and Jews should be given the right to circumambulate the ka‘bah.
Date of source: Monday, December 11, 2006
The author comments on Pope Benedicts XVI’s controversial statement while making extreme statements about the nature of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Drs. Hulsman criticizes the well-known American Evangelical writer Dr. David Aikman for presenting an article in support of Pope Benedict’s main arguments about Islām, claiming Islām not to be a religion of reason. Hulsman finds Aikman’s arguments an oversimplification and therefore doing injustice...
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
The article discusses honor killings and the reasons behind them. It highlights organizations that are attempting to combat these crimes, and their frequency throughout the Islamic and Western worlds.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Dr. Isaac Fānūs freely spoke his mind about the issues he found important. Dr. Fānūs was critical about ecclesiastical institutions and leadership, including those in his own Coptic Orthodox Church. In this interview religions are described as societal entities that humans have created and...
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
Who won the battle, those who sought to modernize Islam, or the militants? The author discusses integrating Islam into society in the West, and questions which cultural community will be forced to sacrifice values for the sake of integration.
Date of source: Thursday, January 11, 2007
The article talks about Saudi female preaching activities in Saudi Arabia. It represents different opinions and requests of different well-known Saudi female preachers.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 23, 2002
The fact that the Muslim leaders were called caliphs or the Amīr of the believers gave the political authority in Islām a religious and a legal dimension. Islām did not know the meaning of Ummah except in the time of the Prophet. All the Islamic authorities after the time of the Prophet were...
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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.