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Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Today Turkey is attempting to join the European Union and become the link between the Christian West and the Muslim East, but without wars or armies this time. Will the Europeans give a chance for the two cultures to be joined?
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
Marginalizing religious syllabus
The
Ministry of Education has made art an essential subject in the school syllabi that is calculated in the overall grade, while
the religious education subject is not. When students find out that the religious education subject is not of vital
importance to the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2001 to Tuesday, January 1, 2002
The article gives the opinion of Nabil Luka Bebawy concerning the problems facing Copts in Egypt and how to solve them. Bebawy believes that among the problems facing Copts in Egypt are the Hamayouni Law for building churches, the appointment of Copts in senior positions, the fact that the Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt believes that the reasons behind the rise of extremist organizations in Egypt are the misunderstanding of Islam and the negligence of religious education. He stressed that Christians are not kuffar as they believe in God and his holy books and messengers. If Christians do not...
Date of source: Friday, May 4, 2001
The Ibn Khaldoun Center issued some booklets about the religious curricula taught at the pre-university stages of education. The Center put some Coptic names among the names of those who participated in writing these booklets. A member of the Islamic Research Institute said that the issue was not...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2001
The Education Minister declared in the Shura Council that extremists controlled 90% of educational institutions in Egypt. He prevented 3,000 teachers from teaching, believing that they taught students extremist ideas. He said that security forces found long-term plans prepared by extremist...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2001
The Egyptian Court of Cassation is looking into an appeal filed by the prosecution against Al-Kosheh sentences, amidst expectations of announcing its acceptance of the appeal.
Date of source: Friday, April 27, 2001
The General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood stated that the group is not seeking power but only wants the Islamic Shari’a [law] to be enforced. He added that the aim of their activities in professional syndicates is not a matter of control. It is a democratic thing to have if the Brotherhood...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
Lawyer Mamdouh Nakhla filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Education, appealing against the minister not taking a decision concerning teaching Coptic History in schools.
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2000
In an interview with Al-Arabi, Dr. Nasr Farid Wasel, the Mufti of Egypt gave his opinion concerning normalization with Israel, saying explicitly" I am against any co-operation with the enemy". He was also strong in urging for technological support in Muslim countries, in changing and developing...
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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.