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Date of source: Tuesday, July 25, 2006
The Egyptian National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) is to organize several workshops to discuss a number of issues, including the recently proposed unified law for houses of worship and amendments to some articles of the laws governing civil society organizations in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
The Islamic Legislative Authority has
issued a fatwá that
prohibits constructing mosques or prayer rooms in the separating spaces between
residential buildings.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
The author criticizes a book review of Nabīl Louqa Bibāwī’s book, The Problems of Copts in Egypt and their Solutions, written by Al-Ahrām columnist Mahmoud Muntasir and warns against the idea of appeasing those who have returned from the Gulf with fundamentalist ideologies.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
The Citizenship Committee of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has placed a number of Muslim-Christian issues, including the proposed law on houses of worship in Egypt, at the top of its agenda.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Discussion of a draft resolution being studied by an Egyptian human rights watchdog pertaining to the building of houses of worship.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
Dr. Mahmoud Zaqzouq speaks on many aspects of Muslim houses of worship, highlighting the ability to build more mosques, but noting that other priorities also exist. He also denies foreign influence over the actions of his Ministry of Awqāf.
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2003
The author comments on the problem of the church of the great martyr Mar Girgis in Sandabees, Qalyubiya, north-east of Cairo. Despite the fact that the governor of Qalyubiya gave his approval for adding two extra floors to the church, the police summoned the local priest before construction started...
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2006
A petition has been written by Egyptians calling for discussion on a draft unified law on the building of houses of worship in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2002
The new terms stipulated by the Ministry of Endowments for building mosques caused a debate between Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary members and the Egyptian government. The Brotherhood accused the government of creating obstacles to building new mosques in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2002 to Friday, February 22, 2002
The article sheds light on how the Jezira TV and some emigrant Copts, such as, Michael Mounir tried to exploit the incidents of Beni Walmis to give the impression that Egypt suffers from sectarian strife. The author described both the Jezira TV and Mounir and his group as provokers.
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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.