Displaying 71 - 80 of 179.
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2006
The review deals with a court ruling against Mustafá Bakrī, the editor-in-
chief of
al-Usbū‘ newspaper, sentencing him to six months in prison for "slandering
Hishām
Tal‘at," when he accused him of falsely claiming to be a journalist and issuing his
newspaper
Misr al-Fatāh without prior...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
This review deals
with the annual national unity
iftār, an occasion that brings together Muslim and Christian senior
officials and dignitaries
during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadān, as Pope Shenouda III of
Alexandria and Imām
of the Azhar Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī stressed...
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The review deals with statements
made by the deputy guide of the
Muslim Brotherhood, Dr. Muhammad Habīb, in which he said the passing of
power to Jamāl Mubārak,
the son of President Husnī Mubārak, will never be accepted by
the group and it "will be over our
dead bodies." The statements...
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
The review takes up the issue of the niqāb as Jack Straw, Leader of the House of Commons, called on Muslim women in Britain to take off their veils in workplaces, while in Egypt, the President of Hilwān University made a decision to prohibit all niqāb-wearing students from entering the...
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
This review addresses the issue of the reported kidnapping of a 15-year old girl called Lorāns who is in her secondary school stage of education. Conflicting versions of the story have emerged: Sawt al- Ummah says Lorāns said that she was kidnapped by four men and a woman wearing a niqāb...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The review deals with varied opinions about Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks
considered offensive in Muslim and
Arab countries amidst calls to expel the papal nuncio in Egypt and put the
interfaith dialogue with the
Vatican on the back burner.
Date of source: Friday, September 22, 2006
The review considers a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the
ambassadors of Muslim
and Arab nations to the Holy See, in which the pontiff affirmed his respect for all
religions, particularly
Islam, and called for continuing the Muslim-Christian dialogue. He described this as of
vital...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
The review
deals with the
controversial statements made by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria during an interview with an
Egyptian satellite
channel in which he warned that Copts will revolt if the state intervenes in support of
Max Michel.
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2006
The review deals with the controversial issue of Max
Michel, who defected from the official Coptic Orthodox Church and set up his own church proclaiming himself
patriarch. He recently visited the United States.
Date of source: Monday, August 7, 2006
The review tackles the controversial statements made by Brotherhood
chief Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif that he was ready to send 10,000 men to fight alongside Ḥizb
Allāh militants against Israel.
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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.