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Date of source: Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Over the last few years, Egyptian political leadership has moved toward changing laws regulating the building and restoration of churches. The legal obstacle before the restoration of churches no longer exists but some intolerant state officials still represent an obstacle. As a result, some Copts...
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2007
The Judiciary Administrative Court has ruled that Christians who converted to Islam are not allowed to re-convert to Christianity. The court refuses to allow 45 Christians to change the entry of religion on their identity cards and other official documentary into Christianity, but to leave Islam as...
Date of source: Saturday, December 23, 2006
Pope Benedict XVI urged the
Islamic world, at his
end-of-year speech to the Roman Curia, to respect human rights and the freedom of
faith as the Catholic Church had
done in the past.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The author calls on international media and civil society to help in the promotion
and protection of human rights in the Middle East.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
The author discusses the pope’s recent visit to Turkey, and emphasizes the intellectual
battle raging between the West and the religious ideology of today, both in the Vatican and in militant Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, December 10, 2006
During his visit to Turkey, which witnessed tension, the Roman Catholic Pope Benedict XVI praised Turkey’s recent policy changes toward minorities, saying that this was enough to allow Turkey’s entrance in the EU.
Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2006
A history of Watani and its relationship with the church following a controversial
article printed in the newspaper considered offensive by the Coptic Church.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Mu‘taz Billāh ‘Abd al-Fattāh discusses the difference
between liberalism and
secularism.
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
Nabīl ‘Abd al-Malik suspects that certain articles of the Egyptian constitution will be amended while others will be left untouched. He believes that a whole integrated constitution has to be established to follow a unified political philosophy that respects the rights of all citizens, especially...
Date of source: Monday, November 27, 2006
The writer is discussing the debate about suggestions for reforming religious curricula for secondary schools, because these curricula are said to repeat, word by word, phrases from the books of the executed ex-leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sayyid Qutb.
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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.