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Date of source: Monday, June 7, 1999
Claims made in the western press about the rape of Christian girls in Egypt, and forcing them to become Muslims with the allegation that this takes place with the blessing of the police stirs and angry response from the authorities and Christians.
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 1999 to Friday, June 11, 1999
Rose el-Yousef published the text of an advertisement in the Washington Times of May 25 claiming Christian girls in Egypt are kidnapped, raped and forced to convert to Islam. They conclude the translation with one paragraph saying the claims are not true.
Date of source: Friday, June 4, 1999
[Note: The same news was published in all Egyptian newspapers of that day.]
On the morning of June 3, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak received the Grand Imam Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi the Sheikh Al-Azhar, and 19 prominent muslim clerics at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis yesterday morning...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
Sheikh Abdul Rahim El-Semeen from the Al-Azhar, and Bishop Bakhoum, both from Sohag declared their support for president Mubarak.
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 1999
Names are surely of little real political consequence but in the Middle East, they do play a significant role.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Egypt’s largest Islamist militant group, the Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya, has announced several new initiatives as part of its effort to switch from violent opposition to the government to a legal alternative, its lawyers said.
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 1999
Minister of Waqfs, Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouk announced that the Islamic world would reassess its position during the Islamic conference to be held on June 22, 1999 in Cairo.
The Al-Azhar and the Ministry of Waqfs has contributed one million pounds to Kosovo refugees.
A new Islamic center costing...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 12, 1999
Learned sources within the Muslim Brotherhood organization unveiled that currently a fierce struggle is taking place within the circles of leadership of the organization over their position regarding the issue of nomination of President Hosni Mubarak for the fourth presidential term.
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 1999
Pope Shenouda speaks positively about Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak affirming that he is fair, encourages tolerance and hates fanaticism.
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 1999
On April 3, President Hosni Mubarak issued a decree that would clip the wings of rapists and make it impossible for them to escape prosecution. The decree repealing Article 291 was approved by the cabinet the next day.
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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.