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Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 1999
A review of a book by Milad Hanna calling for a culture of mutual acceptance and the emphasis on national identity over a sectarian religious identity, as well as some background information on Dr Milad Hanna himself.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Shortly after Ali Abul-Saoud Mustafa, a fugitive Egyptian Islamist, was arrested in the United States last month, he was accused by American prosecution authorities of cooperating with Saudi dissident Osama Bin Laden in a worldwide anti-American conspiracy. The Egyptian government had requested...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Kuwait’s historic decision to grant full political rights to women added spice to the Gulf state’s election campaign, sparking comments that ranged from enthusiastic support to outright rejection. Opponents include Kuwaiti Islamists and even some women.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The decree giving women the vote and allowing them to stand as candidates in parliamentary and municipal elections in 2003 was issued by Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah last week and has sparked off fierce debate in the tiny Gulf state. The Islamist movements are up in arms over the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
The Emir of Kuwait has issued a decree enfranchising women to vote and stand for public office in 2003. Opposition to the decree was immediate from the groups in opposition to the government, some of it on religious grounds.
Date of source: Monday, May 31, 1999
In response to angry letters to the Al-Azhar demanding an apology for the remarks made by Al-Azhar professor Dr. Ahmed Taha Rayan on an Arab satellite TV show about the Alawis [a sect in Islam], the Sheikh of Al-Azhar formed a committee to evaluate the situation and give a final opinion.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Canadian police have confirmed that an Egyptian man with suspected ties to violent Islamic fundamentalists in the Middle East has been detained as a security risk. His insistence that he was a "devout Muslim" persecuted by the Egyptian government was also found to lack credibility.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Switzerland’s federal police chief said on May 13 that Egypt believed Saudi-born Osama Bin Laden financed the 1997 attack by militants in Luxor in which 58 foreigners, most of them Swiss, were killed.
Date of source: Saturday, May 15, 1999 to Friday, May 21, 1999
The governor of Al-Minya governorate talks to Rose El-Youssef magazine about the current state of communal relations between Muslims and Copts, as well as fundamentalism and fanaticism in the governorate.
Date of source: Thursday, May 13, 1999 to Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Canadian authorities recently arrested an Egyptian Islamist accused of involvement in the 1981 assassination of President Anwar El-Sadat and confined him in a prison near Toronto airport. Islamist sources identified the militant as Mahmoud Sayyed Gaballah, who left Egypt in 1991.
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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.