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Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2004
A new Shiite community has been added to the Egyptian population. They number 20,000
or even 30,000 or 40,000 and most of the community members are of marriageable age and are
capable of marriage, having families, and enlarging the community. The Shiites are not only a
demographic segment but...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2004
In the three reports issued by the Commission on Religious Freedom
about Egypt from 2000 to 2002, Egypt was placed in the third category. These reports noted an
improvement in the [Egyptian government’s] respect for religious freedoms. These reports were
basically focused on Copts. Reports...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
Last Friday night, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom arrived in Cairo in a secretive atmosphere. The Commission delivered a brief statement concerning the objectives of the visit, which takes place between July 16 and July 23. The Commission is paving the way for the...
Date of source: Monday, August 9, 2004
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal
Rights organized, last Thursday, a press conference in which it announced the release of a report
titled “Freedom of belief and Shiites’ issues in Egypt.” This report describes the crackdowns on
Shiites in Egypt from December 2003 till March 2004.The report...
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2004
America is interfering in the affairs of others with all possible
means. The latest attempt was the visit of a fact-finding delegation of the US Commission on
International Religious Freedom to Egypt. The US delegation was comprised of nine commissioners,
including its Jewish head. Four of the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
Generally, non-Muslims living on Arab Muslim lands are radically denied the dignity of
the citizen. They are excluded from the process of decision making at all levels. Their rights
are denied, or at least severely restricted, in occupying positions of senior (’sovereign’)
ministries or prime-...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 3, 2004
The author
explains that Islam in Egypt is highly esteemed by both the followers of Muhammad and the
followers of other religions all around the world. This estimation is due to the fact that Islam
in Egypt is characterized by purity and tolerance within different Islamic schools. Al-Azhar...
Date of source: Saturday, February 17, 2001 to Friday, February 23, 2001
An American lady, living in Egypt, filed a lawsuit before an Egyptian court claiming that she was persecuted because she is a Shiite. Her husband, who is also her lawyer, is a Shiite but he differs from them in many ways. He wants to get a permit to build a mosque, a hospital and a graveyard. This...
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2001
Scholars of the Azhar and Ayatollahs held a conference in Iran in an attempt to bring the Sunnite and Shiite denominations closer together. All the different trends in Iran welcomed the role of the Azhar in bringing the Islamic denominations closer. The conference honored Imam Al-Bargroudi, one of...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
Although the four major Sunna [orthodox] schools are the famous Islamic schools of thought in Egypt, Egypt was dominated by the Shiite’s for more than 200 years during the Fatimid era. The Shiite faith did not continue in Egypt because many of its denominations were extreme and this did not suit...
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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.