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Date of source: Saturday, September 29, 2001
Thousands of Egyptians demonstrated in the Azhar mosque after the Friday prayers for the first anniversary of the Palestinian Intifada. They shouted against the USA and Israel and accused them of practicing terrorism. They also shouted against exposing the Afghan people to danger.
Date of source: Thursday, November 13, 2003
Mamdouh Nakhla, the director of the Word Center for Human Rights, stated that he is preparing to file a complaint demanding the suspension of TV series of “Ragol Al-Aqdar” [Man of Destinies] aired by the Egyptian TV for offending Copts. Nakhla said the series pictured Christian clerics as bribers,...
Date of source: Sunday, October 26, 2003
In the framework of the ongoing dialogue between the ruling National Democratic Party and the opposition, Al-Wafd Party criticized the Muslim Brotherhood, describing it as a violent group that stands in the way of political reform. The Wafd Party supports eliminating the Brotherhood from the...
Date of source: Friday, October 10, 2003
Some human rights organizations and activists in Egyptian society put more pressure on the government to nullify the state of emergency, to make legal and procedural changes, and to enhance democracy. The head of Ibn Khaldoun Centre for Promotional Studies Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim called for...
Date of source: Sunday, March 9, 2003
The head of the Egyptian parliament referred the issue of applying the Islamic Shari´a to the Religious Committee of the Parliament to put an end to the arguments stirred by the Brotherhood in that respect. Moreover, representatives of the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) criticized the...
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2002
A Brotherhood member of the parliament accused the government of being responsible for the fire which broke out in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. He presented a question to the prime minister in this concern.
Date of source: Thursday, October 24, 2002
President Mubarak said more than once that there will be no inheritance of ruling in Egypt. Gamal, his son, stressed that he does not aim at occupying executive positions. However, the opposition insists on discussing the issue of what it calls “ruling inheritance in Egypt.” It also wants to change...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 26, 2002
The Egyptian police detained five supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood in Alexandria and four of its leaders were sentenced to an additional prison term. The detentions took place five days before the parliamentary elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 21, 2002
A court in Cairo gave a ruling to an airline agency to compensate a pilot who was dismissed for wearing a hejab. It decided to cancel the dismissal of the female pilot and ordered her re-instatement and payment of her salary for the period she was suspended.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 13, 2002
An airline company fired an assistant pilot because she came to wear hijab. The assistant pilot filed a lawsuit against the company. She said that she would not neglect committing her duties toward God nor would she renounce her constitutional rights, as wearing hijab is not against the...
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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.