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Date of source: Saturday, September 24, 2005 to Friday, September 30, 2005
An article about Coptic prophecies of future events.
Date of source: Sunday, September 25, 2005
A tribute to Prof. Meinardus, eminent Coptologist, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Sadly Prof. Meinardus died a few days before his birthday.
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2004
In the talk on Islam’s image in Western discourse, there are two important points: the West is not the same and consequently its discourse is not the same. The second is that it is not sheer “theories” but rather an idea built throughout a history of violent East-West friction.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
After three decades of endeavors, the executive committee of the European Union has initially accepted to negotiate with Turkey. It is a start for Turkey to become an official member of the Union afterwards. The European Union has been closing the doors in Turkey’s face, as said, because it is a...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2004
The Turkish government pulled back the draft law criminalizing adultery and penalizing adulterers with prison. Turkish media outlets, feminine organizations and a number of government officials launched a fierce campaign to drop the proposal. It seems that political and media pressures managed to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
When I used to listen to the Friday sermons some 30 years ago, it was obvious to me that the preachers combined Hanafite-Shaf‘ite teaching. Egypt was characterized by Hanafite teaching at the official level and Shāf‘ite at the popular level.
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2005
Adel Guindy responded to Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s article “Islam Can Vote, If We Let It” [art. 5] saying that the article provides a good insight about what Dr. Ibrahim has been repeatedly telling high-level politicians in Washington D.C. and academics and media in the world’s main capitals for...
Date of source: Thursday, May 26, 2005
Heads of Orthodox churches decided to withdraw the recognition of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Irenios I, and agreed with the Jerusalem Bishops Congregation’s decision concerning his dismissal after accusing him of selling church possessions to Israelis.
Date of source: Saturday, May 28, 2005
Abducted children smuggled from The Netherlands by one of the parents reached nearly 422 in the last four years. 60 of them are found in Egypt, the highest number of any country. Other Arab countries include Morocco and Tunisia (20 children each). Turkey occupies the second slot with 36 children,...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2005
Bernard Lewis delivered a speech at Georgetown University that was published later in ‘Foreign Affairs.’ Lewis spoke about Islamic political thought and presented a background about the conceptualization of freedom and justice in the Islamic jurisprudence. He cites the roots of tyranny in 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.