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Date of source: Thursday, February 18, 1999 to Wednesday, February 24, 1999
The opening of the renovated mosque and madrassa (school) of Abdel-Ghani El-Fakhri
and Youssef Agha El-Hin Mosque is a milestone the efforts to preserve and protect the Islamic heritage.
Date of source: Monday, February 22, 1999
An area of 140 feddans will be given back to the Coptic Endowments Authority.
Date of source: Monday, February 22, 1999
Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zakzouk, the Minister of Endowments, announced that all arable lands registered as Coptic endowments will be given back to the Coptic Endowments Authority. These lands were managed by the Egyptian Endowments Authority. The Ministry has started to change this situation beginning...
Date of source: Thursday, January 28, 1999 to Wednesday, February 3, 1999
The Arab Strategic Report issued last week by the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and
Strategic Studies argues that religion has little to do with the problems faced by Copts. Weak democratic institutions and human rights violations are the main reasons behind the problems faced by all Egyptians, be...
Date of source: Monday, January 4, 1999
In the previous parts of this debate Maurice Sadek, President of the center of Human Rights and National Unity had accused the Egyptian government of being racist and has asked for its resignation. Sadek continued in this part his dialogue on the religious persecution law that he describes as an...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 6, 1999
Many donations are given at mosques associated with members of the Prophet Mohammed’s family, like Sayeda Zeinab or Al-Hussein, or those in which a shrine or mausoleum has been erected to the glory of pious and revered figures.
Date of source: Sunday, November 29, 1998
The Endowments Joint Committee that consists of representatives of the Egyptian-Coptic Endowment Authority has held a number of meetings and decided to return to the church a number of Coptic endowments that had been confiscated.
Date of source: Sunday, November 15, 1998
Egypt suffers a number of problems like slum areas, unemployment, and trade imbalance and privatization issues. The government is trying its best to solve these problems in the short and long term. The problem of Coptic endowment has been taken seriously by Dr. Ganzouri’s government.
Date of source: Friday, November 6, 1998
Dr. Muhammad Hamdi Zakzouk, Egyptian Minister of Endowments, said that the vicious campaigns against Egypt which claim that there is persecution against Copts are campaigns made by suspicious foreign bodies that are obvious in their motives.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 1998
Encroachment on Islamic monuments and their use as administrative buildings are threatening the national heritage.
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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.