Muslims and the Eastern Christianity

Tarek Mansour Muhammad (Ain Shams University, Egypt; Taif, University, Saudi Arabia) Allah Oua Koubar (al-Takbir) in the Byzantine Conception: the Need for Correction.

Antonina V. Banko (Minsk) The "other" in Islam and Chrisitanity: the Past and the Present.

Aida Shahlar Gasimova (The University in Baku, Azerbaijan.) Why the Pre-Islam Arabs did not accept Christianity?

Aisha Abū Al-Jadāyl  (The King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) Christ between the doctrine of Arianism and Islam: Study of the conflict.

David Sadur (Moscow, Russia) The Islamic-Christian Dialogue: Analysis of Some Burning Issues.

Elena Pinyugina (Moscow, Russia.) Islam and Orthodox church in Russia after dismantling of Soviet Union.

Hātem ‘Abdel-Rahmān El-Tahāwī (The University of Zagazig. Egypt.) Europe and Muslims: Image of the other in a chronicle of Two European captives from 15^th century.

Hayk R. Kocharyan (The University of Yerevan, Armenia) Islam in the Armenian Lithography: Sebeos and Grigor Tatevatsi.

Jinan Abdul Jalil Muhammad (The University of Mustansiriya, Iraq.) History of the Dialogue between Muslims and Christians in the Ancient Times.

Khalid Kachir (The University of Tunisia, Tunisia.) Les relations entre musulmans et chrétiens dans la société mamlûke.

Laith Shaker Mahmoud (The University of Iraq.) Image of Christianity in the Levant at al-Faqīh al-Awza‘i

Lakhdar BouLatif (The University of al-Masilah, Algeria.) The image of Shiite Islam in Western

Orientalists Discourse: Background and Implications.

Mahmoud Said Omran (The University of Alexandria, Egypt.) Religions' Policy or Policy of War between Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad.

Muhammad Rafia‘ (Morocco) Handling the religious disagreement Point of view from the Qur’an and the Hadith.

Muhammad Basher al-Amiri (The University of Baghdad, Iraq.) Tolerance and Coexistence among the Three Religions in the Andalusian Society

Radhi Daghfous (University of Tunisia, Tunisia.) Les chrétiens de Najrane et leurs rapports avec les musulmans pendant la période  fondatrice de l’Islam.

Rustam Nabiev Fanisovich (Kazan. Russia) Towards Raising the Question of Attempt to Create Syncretic Religion in the Flowering of the Empire of Juchids"-"Golden Horde"

 

 

 

Description of the Panel

In the ninth century Patriarch Nicolas Mysticus said to the Muslim Emir of Crete that "the Muslims and Christians are the only two powers in the world. They are like two bright stars in the sky…" From this point we can start and declare that Islam and Christianity are the two great religions in the world. Then, the relation among them must be unique and distinguished.

In the Medieval ages, when Islam appeared, Prophet Muhammad determined a peaceful and sociable policy towards the Christians, Ahl al-Kitab. There are many Prophetic Traditions which stimulate the Muslims to be gentle with them and deal with them fairly.

When the early Muslim leaders conquered Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and the other countries they made the Christians safe and gave them all the treaties to live safely inside the Islamic society. But, later, we read that some Muslim Caliphs had a changeable policy towards them, where they devastated some churches, insulted many priests, and followed a strange policy towards them. The policy that did not relate to the Islamic principles towards Ahl al-Dhimmah. Therefore, the relation between the two sides became tensioned and some splits raised.

On the Christian side, the ignorance of many Eastern bishops and monks about Islam and the Arabic in the Medieval ages led them to write many un-correct ideas about Islam. They examined some verses (Suwar) of the Qur'an wrongly and presented a horrible image about Islam to the Eastern Christians. Their polemical writings formed a part of the Christian heritage towards the Muslims.    

Although the Qur'an motivates Muslims to invite the others to be Muslims through wisdom and good advice, the Prophet Muhammad advised them to deal well with them, the real situation of the relation between the two sides now need for dialogue and for the fair conception towards the other. Also, we need to correct the misunderstanding between the two sides for peace, brotherhood, likeness, and the civilizational integration.

Therefore, this panel is aimed to discuss the following points:

1. Understanding and Misunderstanding in the Relation between Christians and Muslims (From the Rise of Islam to the fall of the Orthodox Church of Byzantium 1453 AD.)
2. The Theological Islamo-Christian Heritage and the Vision of the Other.
3. Mosque vs. Church, a Fact or Theory?
4. The principles of the dialogue among the Muslims and Christians: the Theory and Practice

 

Convener:

Prof. Tarek Mansour Muhammad (Ain Shams University, Egypt and Taif University, Saudi Arabia)