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Dr. Saʿd al-Dīn ʾĪbrāhīm born on December 3, 1938, is one of Egypt’s leading human rights and democracy activists. He is also known for his outspoken critique on former president Ḥusnī Mubārak. Dr.ʾĪbrāhīm discusses the presence of many syndicates active in Egypt, including the Muslim...
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Aḥmad ʿAṣmat ʿAbd al-Majīd (1.3.1924 – 21.12.2013) was at the time of the interview an Egyptian diplomat and the secretary-general of the Arab League, which consists of 22 members. The Arab League was established in 1945, with the aim of unifying the Arab World and considering the...
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The matter concerned is dialogue, including the 3 levels of dialogue: (1) daily life; (2) the socio-political aspect; and (3) the religious aspect. Father Christiaan van Nispen tot Sevenaer (15.3.1938 – 12.5.2016) and Egyptian Muslim Āshraf al-Khaṭāb are asked to share their viewpoints...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2005
Born in 1940, Dr. ʿAbd al-Muʿṭī Bayyūmī is an Egyptian professor at the Usūl al-Dīn (Fundamentals of Religion) Faculty in the Azhar University in Cairo. He has addressed many issues related to fiqh, as well as issues related to culture and politics. According to Dr. Bayyūmī, the renewal of...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Ṭāriq al-Bishrī was born in El Helmaya in Cairo on February 1, 1933. al-Bishrī’s initial political works focused on national political independence. According to al-Bishrī, Egyptian national independence was related to the international movements for independence, Arab unity, and to a sovereign...
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen was born in Denmark in 1963. He is director of The Danish-Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI), situated in Cairo, Egypt. Skovgaard-Petersen advocates striving for mutual understanding between cultures in order to live in peaceful coexistence. According to him this...
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Ralph Donald Berenger was born in 1945 in North Dakota, U.S. Ralph Berenger has more than four decades of experience in public relations, print and broadcast media. From 1976-92, he was owner and publisher of three newspapers in Idaho, and general manager of a daily newspaper, one monthly and two...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Munīr Ḥannā Anīs was born in Egypt in 1950 and holds the title Bishop of the Episcopal (Anglican) Church of Egypt, North Africa and the Horn of Africa (since 2000). As a Christian authority in a Muslim country, Bishop Munīr is widely experienced in interfaith relations. He strives for good Muslim-...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Munīr Hannā Anīs was born in Egypt in 1950. As a Christian authority in a Muslim country, Bishop Munīr is widely experienced in interfaith relations. He strives for good Muslim-Christian relations, and advocates dialogue between different religious communities. In Egypt, Christian Arabs have lived...
Date of source: Thursday, February 1, 2007
Muṣṭafā al-Fiqī was born in al-Beḥīrah governorate in November 1944. In 2005, al-Fiqī defended the amendment that was proposed by President Ḥusnā Mubārak to article 67 of the Egyptian constitution. The amendment, which was approved in a public referendum, allows multi-candidate presidential...
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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.