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Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
Counselor Muqbil Shākir, Deputy Head of the National Council for Human Rights, told a delegation from the Freedom House, "We [Reviewer: the report did not clarify what Shākir meant by "we"] reject international monitoring because we have internal monitoring and a strong civil society."
He stressed...
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 2010
The Egyptians Against Religious Discrimination group criticized the current dispute between Dr. Muhammad Salīm Al-‘Awwā and Bishop Bīshūy, claiming it to be threatening to national unity. In their statement issued yesterday, the group requested that the Azhar make an official speech prohibiting...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2010
Questions regarding the relationship between ecclesial and civil marriage were once again raised after the courts ruled in favor of Majdī Walīm, allowing him to sue Pope Shenouda III for refusing to grant him the right to remarry. A Coptic woman is in the process of collecting 100 signatures of...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 22, 2010
In a conference held by the Egyptian Foundation for Women, Dr. Kamal Abul Magd blamed the current sectarian tension on Muslim and Coptic public speakers, and called for the secularism of state. Kamal Zakher added that the ongoing controversy between Dr. Selim El-Awa and Bishop Bishoy is only...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Huwaydā Yahyá reports on the document issued by the National Council for Human Rights concerning Egyptian workers abroad.
Date of source: Thursday, February 4, 2010
An assembly of forty organizations demonstrated before the headquarters of the People’s Assembly in Cairo protesting against sectarianism and sectarian violence, vying to uphold the law and pass new legislation to prevent sectarianism.
Date of source: Sunday, October 18, 2009
The author reports on the activities of the American Freedom House organization in Egypt. The organization will prepare people to conduct monitoring on the upcoming elections in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, October 16, 2009
Dr. Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd meets a delegation from Freedom House and a representative of the New Generation program that is related to the organization in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Al-Wafd party leader Abāzah raises sectarian issues allegedly for political reasons and Coptic activists criticize his speech which they say in itself ignites sectarian issues.
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Yūsuf Zaydan and Bishop Bīshūy face to face in the periodical Hypathia, issued by The Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression in Egypt.
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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.