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Date of source: Sunday, September 16, 2007
The author discusses the debates surrounding the religion box on Egyptian identity cards, and the arguments presented both opposing and supporting the move.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2005
The Grand Imam of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, as well as the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, attend the inaugural ceremony of the first Muslim-Christian dialogue conference under the auspices of...
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2004 to Wednesday, January 7, 2004
Sayyed Hydara, is a Muslim TV director whose hobby is to draw Coptic icons. He thinks that it is original Egyptian art that has its own nature. Hydara states that Coptic icons are part of Egyptian art and history, and he dreams of exhibiting his Coptic icons.
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2007
The author discusses the Minister of Labor ‘Ā’ishah ‘Abd al-Hādī’s response to the International Labour Organization’s report which claimed that Copts were discriminated against in Egypt. She claims that Copts are ten per cent of the Egyptian population, and control 30 per cent of the Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
The Administrative Judicial Court affirmed that a father’s conversion from Christianity to Islam does not forbid the son from maintaining his Christian identity.
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2007
Tarek Heggy presents a unique perspective on many problems that Copts claim to suffer from in Egyptian society, providing examples of action that he would take were he in the same position.
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2007
The author highlights the discriminatory practices regarding Egyptian identity cards, and the problems of changing one’s religion therein.
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2007
The author discusses the continued problem with identity cards, specifically the section for entering one’s religious affiliation. He provides a number of examples of individuals whose identity cards have incorrect information on them, or who repeatedly have to validate the information present.
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2007
A frequently recurring problem has to do with religious identity, and specifically the documented religion of an individual oftentimes contradicting his actual religious practices. The article discusses this issue, and presents some specific cases.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2007
This press review presents a summary of a series of articles published in Rose al-Yūsuf. Hānī Labīb writes about the history of the relationship between the pope as the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and the president of the Republic of Egypt from the mandate of Jamāl ‘Abd al-Nāsir until 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.