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Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 9, 2016
Transitional Justice Minister Hunaydī reported that he met with the Egyptian-American Chamber of Commerce to present Egypt’s point of view regarding the effect of American policies. He added that the goal of the meeting was to examine recent developments connected with human rights and elections...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 9, 2016
Participants in a conference called “Religious Extremism and Terrorist Organizations” expressed their support and appreciation for President Sīsī’s call for a religious revolution to rid Islam of extremism. The conference participants also said that there is an urgent need for the leaders of...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 8, 2016
Jawzīf Malāk a human rights delegate for the state of minorities with the United Nations reported that there is a fear that the Wādī al-Riyān Monastery crisis is escalating between the two parties and the rights organizations that are becoming involved in the matter. Malāk demanded that the state...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 8, 2016
Calls on women to protest and take off their hijabs are stirring up a broader debate surrounding the hijab in Egypt. Some women support the idea that women in Egypt should take off their hijabs while others outright refuse it. One woman said that she took off her hijab because of the importance of...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 7, 2016
Opinion: Egypt direly needs to promote a culture of accountability and instill it in daily life so that the government is forced to provide services to its citizens. It is incumbent upon everyone in society to actively engage and promote such a culture through government, civil society, the media,...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 7, 2016
Israeli newspaper, Jewish Journal, drew attention to a report published by Amnesty International on World Press Freedom Day confirming that there are at least 18 journalists being detained in Egyptian prisons only because they are journalists. The report asserts, “if anyone challenges the...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 2, 2016
An American report drew attention to the deteriorating state of religious freedom in Egypt since the election of President Sīsī while conceding that he was by far a better alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood. The report went on to praise the tone of religious tolerance that President Sīsī adopted...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2016
Michael Munīr, an Egyptian-Coptic activist in the United States said that the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood has not improved the situation for Copts in Egypt. He explained that the current government outreach to Copts only aims to improve the international image of Egypt. He added that the country...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 29, 2016
During a press conference, President Sīsī refused to characterize Copts as a minority saying, “Egypt doesn’t have Christian minorities.” He went on to claim that the expression “minorities” is not used in Egypt because Christians are Egyptians who enjoy the same rights and the same duties as other...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2015
In statement disclosed to Algerian media, the Egyptian ambassador to Egypt, `Omar Abu-al-`Aish denied that his country has been asked by the Algerian President `Abd al-Azīz Butaflīqa, not to carry out the death sentence against ousted president Muhammad Mursi.
The Ambassador commented on the news...
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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.