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Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2007
The declaration to establish the Muslim Brotherhood party has triggered a big reaction in the media. Some consider the move to be a political maneuver, due to the dilemma the Brotherhood passed through after students connected to it held a parade at the Azhar University. Others saw it as a step...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Muḥammad al-Badrī claimed that Faysal Islamic Bank recently prevented Copts from holding any of its shares, which he described as an unprecedented incident that revealed blatant discrimination between Muslim and Christian Egyptian citizens. al-Badrī said that most acts of religious discrimination...
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2007
Majdī Khalīl discusses some of the principles which he says govern the political representation of minorities, as enshrined in international covenants, and proposes several mechanisms in this regard.
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2007
Yūsuf Sidhum discusses the proposed Constitutional amendments, and the positive features they may bring about to Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, January 12, 2007
The issue of the second article’s amendment is beyond Copts, and requires the cooperation of all enlightened trends in order to make the laymen understand the definition of the civil state guided by the experiences of major countries which began the renaissance by returning the religious...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Talking about censorship and freedom of thought, the writer argues that Islām is the religion of freedom as it calls for it before secular communities. It is manifested as the Muslims in the past did not know any inspection courts of nowadays.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Dr. Isaac Fānūs, father of the revival of Coptic iconography, passed away.
Dr. Muḥammad ‘Imārah publicly apologized for placing a quote in his book justifying violence against Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2006
The proposed constitutional amendments stress the importance of citizenship. The amendments cannot be achieved all at once, as there must be a cultural and social basis on which the amendments can be established. A secular state will fulfill the demands of most Egyptians, and Copts look forward to...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Several human rights activists accused
the second
article of the Egyptian Constitution of flouting the non-Muslims rights at a symposium held by Cairo
Institute for Human Rights Studies on ’ the plight of the freedom of belief in Egypt.’
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The article praises the legal procedure taken against ‘Brotherhood Militias’ that
appeared in the Azhar University
as a step forward to separating the state from religion.
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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.