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Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2011
The children of the Egyptian cleric Shaykh 'Umar 'Abd al-Rahman have appealed for his release from jail in the US, saying their father is too frail to stand imprisonment thousands of miles away from home.
'Abd al-Rahman's children called on the Egyptian government to request the US government to...
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2010
The author appreciates the reaction of Maurice Sādiq, the energetic jurist, towards the visit of President Mubarak to Washington.
Date of source: Sunday, August 8, 2010
The author comments on a story published in al-Dustūr on August 3 reporting a meeting held between sufi shaykhs, a representative of the U.S. Administration, and a representative of the State Security aimed at a means of coordination between the sūfī methods in Egypt and the U.S. Administration to...
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2011
My fifteen years living in Egypt has given me a lot of connections, including Egyptian diplomats, who are now providing me with stories about current developments in Egypt. It is very common among diplomats that they are ready to give visitors an off the record insight in what is happening in their...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Mustafá opens with a story about famous Egyptian writer, Anīs Mansūr. The moral of the story is that people in Egypt have been made to follow religious, political and cultural leaders blindly. He says that the average Egyptian has lost the ability to form his/her own personal opinion. He criticizes...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Egyptian opinions varied on the annual International Religious Freedom report issued by the United States Department of State. The report claims that that minorities, such as Copts and Bahā’īs, are regularly discriminated against. Coptic activist Najīb Jabrā’īl praised the report and said that the...
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 2010
The article says that Egypt received the lowest mark in religious freedom according to the International Religious Freedom report issued by the United States Department of State. The report criticized the government’s discrimination against Copts in particular, along with Bahā’īs and Shiites. The...
Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2010
In 2011, Egypt will receive $5 million less from America for the promotion of democracy than it did the previous year. CIDT's Jayson Casper examines America's motivation for its continued involvement in Egypt, for the better and the worse.
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2010
During Obama’s meeting with President Mubarak, Copts protested the situation of Christians in Egypt. Demonstrators held banners with slogans such as "Mubarak: Make peace at home first…No more gross injustice towards Copts" and "Stop forcing Coptic girls into Islam". Some believe that Mubarak was...
Date of source: Friday, April 23, 2010
The US TV channel FOXNews said on its website that some Republicans and Democrats have filed a memo to the US State Department calling for an investigation into the claim that some Coptic women in Egypt are forced to marry Muslims.
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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.