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Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2000
The Bishop of Naga Hamadi and Abu Tisht, the secretary of the Tagammu Party and its candidate in the aforementioned constituency, the Director of Al-Homaiat Hospital and many other important persons agreed that Naga Hamadi is governed by corruption, forgery and intimidation. They confirmed that...
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2000
The Sheikh of the Azhar swore that he is not going to appoint any one of the editors of "Sout Al-Azhar" newspaper. This made them lose hope in achieving stability in their job. Dr. Karam Shalabi, the new editor in chief, put some professors and demonstrators at the heads of editorial departments....
Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2000
The Fatwa [religious decree], issued by the Islamic Research Institute, concerning the illegality of taking money for entering monumental mosques, whether the visitors are Muslims or non-Muslims, Egyptians or foreigners, was rejected by those in charge of monuments in the Ministry of Culture. They...
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2000
Saad Eddin Ibrahim was accused by public opinion long before the investigation authorities. The accusations were started by the press, not by the court. The opinion of the press, expressing that of the public, was formed when he surprised everybody with the idea of holding a conference on...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 3, 2000
The dean of the Faculty of Usul Al-Din [Usul Al-Din College forming part of the Azhar University in Egypt. Literally means ’fundamentals of religion’, which is a mixture of theology and philosophy.] has issued a Fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar, or a Mufti] in Cairo permitting the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2000
The issue of the representation of Copts in the parliament has been in discussion since the constitution of 1923. A proposal specifying that a certain number of Copts be present in parliament was rejected by Copts themselves. They used to reach parliament through direct elections, because the...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 3, 2000
A Muslim woman, who is married to a non-Muslim and had a baby by him, wrote to Aqidati to ask about the Islamic judgment on her marriage. The secretary of the Fatwa [religious decree given by a Muslim scholar, a Mufti] Committee in the Azhar wrote in reply: "All the scholars of Islam have agreed...
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2000
The general assembly of the Lycee Champollion d’Alexandrie decided to expel the veiled student, Azza Amr Mohammed Zaki, and her three brothers, who attend the same school. The justification given for the dismissal were security reasons.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 3, 2000
Pope Shenouda condemned the Israeli aggression against Al-Aqsa Mosque and called for the United Nations and the security Council to adopt a resolution to stop the blood shed. The Grand Imam urged "to arm Palestinians in order to be able to face Israeli violation of the Islamic holy sites."
Date of source: Friday, October 6, 2000
The Mufti of Egypt affirmed that gaining money in return for Fatwas is illegal. He assured people that many of those who offered the new telephonic Fatwa service denied that their aim was to make money. He revealed that nobody can monopolize Fatwas.
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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.