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Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
In the two months since the last trial session, lawyers for the defense have had to fight for access to the official court record of prosecution oral arguments. Judges ruled that, contrary to precedent, the official court record may only be viewed at the courthouse and neither photocopied or...
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2001
At the outset of one of the most controversial trials here in recent memory, Egyptian academics faced the image of one of their own locked in a cage in a courtroom, on trial for harming the reputation of the country. The government’s charges against the prominent scholar, Saad Eddin Ibrahim stem...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim met with his defense attorney, co-workers at the Ibn Khaldoun Center and three human rights activists. During the meeting, an agreement was reached on not making a political case of the lawsuit.
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim said that because he is currently being tried before Egypt’s Higher State Security Court on charges which include his lectures and writings on religious freedom and minority rights, including those of Egyptian Copts, his defense lawyer requested him to decline the invitation to...
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Friday, March 16, 2001
A new group, lead by Maurice Sadeq, was formed to defame Egypt. This usually happens whenever President Mubarak is about to visit the United States. The group claimed that Christians are persecuted in Egypt. Almost all Christian societies refused to take part in a meeting the group called for.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2001
The US State Department of Foreign Affairs’ report on human rights, for the year 2000, pointed out that there is a tangible improvement regarding respect for human rights.
The report mentioned the detention of Saad Eddin Ibrahim, saying that a number of local observers believe that Ibrahim’s trail...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 26, 2000
The author repeated the testimony of Dr. Kamal Abu Al-Magd, in which he accused Ibrahim of being chaotic and careless about the administration. Abu Al-Magd denied the charges of corruption and forgery, and affirmed that the board had nothing to do with the Center’s budget. However, the rest of the...
Date of source: Monday, January 29, 2001
The author commented on the friendly gesture shown by Dr. Saeed El-Naggar and the positive testimony of Dr. Kamal Abul Magd during the hearings about the Ibn Khaldoun Center. Both men are on the Board of Saad Eddin’s Center. He listed the details of Al-Naggar’s emotional defense of Ibrahim. He...
Date of source: Monday, January 22, 2001
Dr. Saadeddin Ibrahim resumed yesterday his attack against the accusations leveled against him and 27 other defendants. The court listened to the statements of defense witnesses Major General Ahmed Abdel Halim and Ambassador Mohamed Shaker, who both ruled out Ibn Khaldun’s involvement in any...
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2001
Dr. Ahmed Kamal Abul Magd, Dr. Said El-Naggar, Dr. Abdel Moneim Said, Dr. Mohamed El-Gohary - members of the Center’s Board of Trustees - and Dr. Ibrahim Shehata, former deputy chairman of the World Bank, five public figures called by Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, chairman of Ibn Khaldoun Center, were...
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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.