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Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 10, 2010
Local authorities struggled with demonstrators outside the Amr Ibn El-Aas mosque after the Eid prayers, protesting what they called the appearance of a Kamilia Shehata "look alike" in an online video denying her conversion to Islam. The protesters demanded international intervention in the case and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 8, 2010
The Arab-European Center for Human Rights and International Law says that it was astonished by the Egyptian Authorities and Church's response to the Kamilia Shehata incident and by their violations of Kamilia's human rights. In response to these accusations of human rights violations, an unnamed...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 6, 2010
Members of the Sufi sect of Islam promote an ideology to counter the influence of Wahhābism.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2010
A large number of Copts gathered in front of the Church of Mar Girgis today after news that a 22-year-old Coptic girl named Nisma converted to Islam. Tensions between Muslims and Copts in East Kantara have been high since last week's Mariana Matta case.
Key Words: East Kantara - Ismailia - Church...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 6, 2010
A videotape shows Mariana Zaki announcing her conversion to Islam and denying claims that she was kidnapped. Mariana, now Mariam Mohamed Ahmed, claims that she decided to convert without outside pressure from anyone. She requested Copts remain calm about the subject and asked president Husnī...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 5, 2010
Georgetown Graduate Student Vanessa Panaligan reflects on summer research in Egypt as an intern with the Arab West Report.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 16, 2010
Should the One Thousand and One Nights be banned? A Cairo conference debates the issue. A number of Lawyers submitted a request to have the latest edition of the Thousand and One Nights banned because they viewed it as immoral. Intellectuals and cultural figures rally against this ban, upset by the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 24, 2010
Pope Shenouda III of the Coptic Orthodox Church prohibited the insemination of women with sperm from a man who is not her husband with the aim of reproduction, considering the process as "full-fledged adultery".
Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 5, 2010
The Egyptian Ministry of Education and Teaching has decided to lead a change in the religious education curricula. The considered amendments will concentrate more on moral values in general. The decision created controversial reactions, especially for Azhar scholars. However, the muftī of Egypt...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 9, 2010
This article outlines a number of different discriminatory statements and issues brought up against Copts in Egypt. Firstly are the statements made by Mohamed Abbas who recently said that Copts are coddled by the Egyptian government and are treated better than Muslims when both are in prison. He...
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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.