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Date of source: Friday, November 26, 2010
Discussing the ‘Umrāniyyah riots last Wednesday, Orascom Telecom Board Chairman Najīb Sawirus argued that Christians in Egypt are not in such a dire need for churches that they should build them illegally, pointing out that during al-Qā‘idah’s threats to Egyptian churches, half of them were empty....
Date of source: Friday, November 12, 2010
The Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement claiming that 27 of its supporters were arrested in Ismailia and 6th of October City while hanging posters to promote the group’s parliamentary candidates. The group also warned against the consequences of security forces using extreme violence, such as...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church denied the rumors about the cancellation of this Wednesday’s papal meeting following the massacre in Iraq and the al- Qāīcdah giving the Church an ultimatum to release the alleged detainees being held in monasteries. Bishop Marqus said that the church has not reacted to...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
The human rights report issued by the government describing the state of human rights in Egypt was highly criticized by 16 human rights organizations. All accused it of portraying a false or fake image about the real state of human rights in the country.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Dr. Mahmoud Abu Zeid, the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation, emphasized the government’s intention to find a solution for the problems facing the Engineers Syndicate which has been under receivership [A court action that places property under the control of a receiver during litigation so...
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
In a study published in Al-Manar [the Minaret] Magazine under the title “the transitions of the Egyptian Islamic movement and its future”, Dr. Kamal Al-Sa’id Habib, a political researcher and one of the founders of the Jihad group, reviews the history of the Islamic movement in Egypt since the...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Regarding the future of the Islamic movement, Mamdouh Ismail, the deputy of the founders of Al-Shari’a Party, expresses his opinion that Islamic groups may return to violence. “The increase of internal and external pressures on Islamists and they way they are prevented from forming political...
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
Journalists have called
upon the government and the People’s Assembly to move forward in endorsing the legislative
reforms necessary to make President Mubarak fulfill his promise to cancel prison sentences for
publication crimes. They warned that attempting to not fulfill the president’s promise...
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.