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Date of source: Sunday, December 26, 1999
The author is dismayed by the book "Women in the Developing World: Thoughts and Ideals" by Bangladeshi feminist writer Hasna Begum in which she claims that, according to Islamic concepts, woman was created for the pleasure of man implying that her life itself is of no value whatsoever, attacks...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 1999
The birds of darkness have returned to flap their wings once again, in an attempt to stop the wheel of progress in this country [of Egypt]; the occasion is the draft of the new Personal Status Law, that tries to lift some burdens off the Egyptian woman. Last week was the rage week of extremists,...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 1999
While there are many opposed to the inclusion in the draft of the new Personal Status law of the sections on Al-Khol’a [a wife’s right to a divorce in return for renouncing all her rights in the marriage], and a wife’s right to travel without her husband’s permission in certain circumstances, there...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 1999
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Kholi, professor in the Faculty of Arabic Language, has filed an appeal to the State’s Council [the court of appeal that looks into cases in which the government is a party] against the decision of the Punishment Board at Al-Azhar University to dismiss him from the staff at the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 21, 1999
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Kholi, long-serving Professor of Elocution at the Arabic Language Faculty, University of Al-Azhar was recently fired from the staff of the University. In January 1998 he wrote two articles in Al-Shaab newspaper criticizing the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi,...
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 1999
The Evangelical Church is holding a number of public celebrations [in regard to the beginning] of the third millennium. From December 24 and until New Year’s Eve. In addition, preparations are being made for a big concert to be held in the first half of March at the covered hall of Cairo Stadium.
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 1999
The Catholic Church asks Amin Fahim to resign. The society’s misappropriations are behind the resignation of Younan Labib Rizq , Morad Wahba and Sara Louza. The Ministry of Social Affairs concentrated on the financial and administrative inspection inside the society. The new move of the ministry...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
The Organization for Upper Egypt for Education and Development is one of the biggest Catholic organizations in Egypt. The organization is witnessing a strong crisis, after the voices against its president Amin Fahim who remained in his position have increased. Amin Fahim has been in this position...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 1999
The RNSAW interviewed Hafez Abu Seada upon the request of the American Council of Churches about the article in the Boston Globe and found that the Boston Globe and Hafez Abu Seada have talked at cross-purposes. Where Hafez Abu Seada spoke about human rights violations concerning all Egyptians,...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 1999
A new article about the Koshh issue. The article places the Koshh incident in the context of discrimination or even persecution of Christians in Egypt and quotes for this Hafez Abu Seada, the secretary-general of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights.
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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.