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Date of source: Wednesday, December 26, 2001
The Administrative Court annulled the decision of the Azhar University to differentiate between male and female students concerning the admission to top faculties. The court also annulled the decision to accept male students in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Pharmacy with lesser grades...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 18, 2001
The Pakistani press reported that the US decided to control religious education in Pakistan. Saudi sources said that the Saudi ministry of education was revising the Islamic schoolbooks to make sure that the subjects of the books agree with the general tendency to counter extremism. The President...
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: Wednesday, November 21, 2001
Eighty female Azhar students filed 80 lawsuits against the rector of the Azhar University, claiming that he discriminated them. Although both male and female students studying at the secondary schools of the Azhar were examined about the same questions and the same subjects, the percentage rate...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
Despite the attempts of the minister of education to limit the influence of extremist teachers in public schools, extremists are still spreading their destructive ideas among their fellow teachers and students. The minister moved about 3,000 extremist teachers to administrative positions,...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2001
The author wrote an article in which he blamed the Sheikh of the Azhar and complained about his reaction to those opposing him. A comment on his article was said to be written by the General Secretary of Islamic Research Institute. What amazes the author is that when he blamed the Sheikh of the...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2001
Fahmi Howeidi wrote an article in which he commented on the dismissal of Dr. Mahmoud Himaya from the Azhar. He accused the Grand Imam of persecuting and firing his opponents. The writer believes that the title Howeidi chose for his article and the accusations in it can only come from someone who...
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.
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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.