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Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2012
Christian clergymen said a person’s integrity should be the criteria for any public position, while feminist leaders said the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamist parties should not dictate on the president what to do. [Author Not Mentioned, Akhbār al-Yawm, July 7, p. 9] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, February 11, 2013
Pope Benedict XVI’s unexpected resignation makes one reflect on his views concerning Islam.Pope John Paul II was immensely popular in the Muslim world. Pope Benedict XVI was not. This was notably due to his 2006 Regensburg lecture on violence and Islam which has continued to haunt him over the...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
[Editor: Daniel Podertschnig presented the Austrian study visit to Egypt with seven photos with short descriptions at the website of the University of Vienna. This is his presentation for Arab-West Report]
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2012
Anger is overwhelming church and women circles after newspaper reports quoted the salafī al-Nūr Party and al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) as rejecting the appointment of a woman or a Copt as vice president. [Author Not Mentioned, Akhbār al-Yawm, July 7, p. 9] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2012
Cornelis Hulsman, Editor-in-Chief AWR: We are very pleased that Douglas May started working with CIDT as international coordinator and financial manager on February 1, 2012. While Doug was appointed due to his financial skills and experience, he also has an excellent background in Muslim-Christian...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2012
With a touch of humor throughout, Mgr. Michael Fitzgerald introduced his role as the Vatican Ambassador to Egypt to a delegation of mostly Catholic Austrian students and professors from the University of Vienna. This visit was organized by Arab-West Report and was also attended by some staff and...
Date of source: Saturday, October 29, 2011
"Muslims and Christians being together is the goal in Egypt and in the whole world...Praying to God to achieve peace is a path to open our hearts and ask God to give us wisdom, courage and strength to drive us toward the future," Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald Apostolic Nuncio to Egypt said during...
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2011
Michael Fitzgerald, the Vatican's ambassador to Cairo, has praised diplomatic relations between Egypt and the Holy See in the Vatican. This came during a celebration held by the embassy to celebrate the National Day of the Holy See. He explained that the Holy See has been represented in Egypt...
Date of source: Monday, June 20, 2011
The papal nuncio to Egypt Monsignor Michael Fitzgerald said endeavors are still going on to re-establish relations between the Azhar and the Roman Catholic Church in the Vatican after Pope Benedict XVI gave statements misunderstood to be offensive to Muslims.
Fitzgerald expected the ties binding...
Date of source: Thursday, June 4, 2009
The American University in Cairo organized a cultural evening on interfaith dialogue.
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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.