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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Christian-Muslim relations

File: Palestinians walk past a shop selling Christmas decorations and ornaments in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019 (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
December 25, 2020, 2:46 pm
Hamas panned for effort to ‘limit interactions with Christmas’ by Gaza’s Muslims
Islamic terror group in hot water after leak of plan by its Religious Affairs Ministry to prevent and discourage holiday activities
By Aaron Boxerman
Armed police patrol outside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's main tourist attractions in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Thursday, June 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
July 13, 2020, 4:14 am
Hagia Sophia the focus of latest Muslim-Christian tussle over holy sites
From Spain to Syria, churches have been converted into mosques, and vice versa, as control over the sites has shifted over the centuries
By Haro Chakmakjian
Pope Francis waves to the faithful, after celebrating Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 21, 2019. (AP/Andrew Medichini)
April 21, 2019, 8:33 pm
Pope, top Sunni imam condemn Sri Lanka bombings
Francis denounces ‘cruel violence’ of Easter Day attacks at churches and hotels; head of Egypt’s al-Azhar Mosque says terrorists’ actions go against all religious teachings
By AP and AFP
Pope Francis blesses a boy during a Mass at the Sheikh Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, February 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
February 5, 2019, 12:24 pm
Pope Francis celebrates historic Mass in Arabian Peninsula
Largest-ever gathering of Catholics in region where public displays of non-Islamic faith are restricted signals new effort to inculcate tolerance in UAE
By Nicole Winfield and Aya Batrawy
Pope Francis, left, celebrates a holy mass as part of the 23rd World Day for Consecrated Life on February 2, 2019, at St. Peter's basilica in the Vatican. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
February 3, 2019, 2:20 pm
Pope calls for Yemen relief as he heads to Emirates
On his way to an interfaith conference, Francis backs ceasefire, urges aid for Yemen’s people suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis
By Nicole Winfield
Pope Francis holds a candle as he arrives to celebrate Mass with members of religious institutions on the occasion of the celebration of the XXIII world day of consecrated life in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, February 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
February 3, 2019, 10:20 am
Pope seeks dialogue on first papal trip to Arabian Peninsula
Francis to join interreligious conference initiated by grand imam of Egypt’s Al-Azhar, and speak to 130,000 Catholic foreign workers in UAE
By Nicole Winfield
Pope Francis at the weekly general audience on November 7, 2018 at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican. (Tiziana Fabi/AFP)
November 13, 2018, 7:00 pm
Pope plans Morocco trip in March to strengthen Christian-Muslim ties
Francis sees interfaith work as key to his legacy; visited Turkey in 2014, Azerbaijan in 2016, and Egypt in 2017
By Ella Ide
Rabbi Daniel Lehmann will be the first rabbi to lead the Graduate Theological Union based in Northern California. (Daniel Kates/Hebrew College/via JTA)
July 8, 2018, 11:37 am
Orthodox-trained rabbi makes history as head of mostly Christian theology center
Daniel Lehmann says a historic American hegemony is being transformed just in time for a concerted religious effort to combat global threats
By Rob Gloster
Elias Zarina
December 29, 2017, 2:38 pm
Elias Zarina
The Mideast haven of Israel
I live in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, and it’s true: only the Jewish state treats us Christians well
Rachid, a Christian convert who did not wish to give his full name, leads prayers at a house in Ait Melloul near Agadir on April 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Fadel Senna)
April 30, 2017, 1:52 pm
Morocco’s Christian converts emerge from the shadows
Growing minority demands right to practice faith without being condemned for ‘apostasy’ against Islam, the state religion
By Hamza Mekouar
Cars drive past welcome banners bearing a portrait of Pope Francis a day ahead of his visit to the capital Cairo, on April 27, 2017. (AFP/Mohamed El-Shahed)
April 28, 2017, 6:58 am
Pope heads to Egypt to support Copts, heal Muslim rift
Security tight as pontiff set to arrive in Cairo Friday afternoon, where he will meet with top sheikh, visit bombed church
By AFP
A vandalised Christian cemetery in Israel (YouTube Screenshot)
November 30, 2016, 9:11 pm
Christian Arab cemetery in Galilee vandalized
Police investigating offensive graffiti in Arabic daubed on headstones and graves in Kafr Yasif
By Sue Surkes
A Muslim woman sits as she attends a mass in tribute to priest Jacques Hamel at the Saint-Leu – Saint-Gilles Bagnolet's Church, near Paris, on July 31, 2016. (AFP Photo/Thomas Samson)
August 1, 2016, 12:28 am
Muslims pray with Catholics over priest’s barbaric murder in Normandy town
Hundreds attend mass across France and Italy to show solidarity and express horror at Islamic extremism
By Hervé LIONNET
Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a mass in the rubble of a makeshift chapel that was torched during clashes a few earlier months earlier, in the Egyptian village of Ismailia, in the Minya governorate, July 24, 2016. (AFP/KHALED DESOUKI)
July 28, 2016, 8:55 am
Egypt Christians look to new law to end discrimination
Legislation aims to even the ground on building permits between Muslims and Copts amid dark times for church followers
By Haitham el-Tabei
Michel Ayoub, an Arab-Israeli Christian man carrying out the role of a "musaharati," the traditional figure who awakens Muslims for the "suhur," the pre-dawn traditional meal before Muslims start their fast during the sacred month of Ramadan, greets a woman in the street as he rouses Muslim residents in the northern Israeli port city of Acre on June 16, 2016. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
June 25, 2016, 3:30 pm
Tambourine in hand, a Christian wakes up Acre’s Muslims for Ramadan
Michel Ayoub rises at 2 a.m. each morning during holy month to reach out to ‘our Muslim brothers who endure hunger and thirst’
By Majeda El Batsh
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