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Date of source: Monday, November 10, 2014
The Ministry of Tourism decided to include the Monastery of St. George the Martyr in its project to develop religious tourism in the Sinai, as the Ministry has also undertaken to popularize and attract more religious groups to visit Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Libyan Ambassador to Egypt has said relations between Egypt and Libya will not be affected by the current diplomatic crisis over the imprisoned Copts and demonstrations outside the Libyan Embassy. He also mentioned the ongoing negotiations over the release of some of the detainees. The...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2011
Hanān Muhammad writes that all the past decrees issued by President Husnī Mubarāk regarding the building of churches have failed to resolve the issue.
Mustafá al-Fiqī, Head of the Foreign and Arab Affairs Committee at the Shūrá Council, believes that a unified law for building places of worship...
Date of source: Friday, October 16, 2009
Hanān Muhammad reports on different opinions concerning the unified law for building houses of worship.
Date of source: Thursday, October 22, 2009
In an interview with ON.T.V, Pope Shenouda stated that he had met Protestant Church leaders and stressed the necessity of dialogue between the different denominations. He also reflected on the issue of the regulations for choosing the patriarch.
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2007
Ḥanān Muḥammad reports on the opinions of Muslim scholars on the issue of whether Ḥadd al-Riddah should be applied to anyone who leaves Islam.
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2007
Academic professors express their views about the establishment of a Fatwá Monitoring System.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 to Tuesday, May 29, 2007
The article is based on a listing of articles that tackle two controversial fatwás issued by two prominent Islamic scholars. The first Fatwá was issued by Dr. ‘Izzat ‘Atīyah, the head of the Hadīth Department of the Faculty of Usūl al-Dīn [Fundamentals of Religion] at the Azhar University. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The human rights council
proposed to cancel the religion entry from the Egyptian identity card. The author reports that there are people who
support this amendment and others who reject it.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Terrorism, extremism, sectarian sedition and the rise of the Baha’ī
religion are all the
consequences of the diminishing role of religious institutions and political, economic
and social factors.
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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.