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Date of source: Saturday, August 20, 2005
Concerning the UN Security Council membership Dr. Butrus Ghālī, chairman of the National Council of Human Rights, says the five veto powers in the Security Council are the main obstacle against Egyptian membership. Dr. Ghālī stated that Egypt will need to exert a huge diplomatic effort to compete...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Egypt has already made positive clear strides in the field of respect for human rights, as demonstrated by the government initiative to set up the National Council for Human Rights. Now training courses in Human Rights will be introduced to Egyptian universities in order to raise awareness.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
The First Federation of organizations and specialized human rights centers was established in Egypt and 10 Arabic countries, on the model of the International Federation of Human Rights.
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
The International Relations Committee, under the presidency of Dr. Salāh ‘Āmir of the Human Rights National Council, has recommended the necessity of following externally-published material about the country’s human rights’ situation.
Date of source: Sunday, July 24, 2005
The Canadian Foundation for Human Rights, a not-for-profit organization established in 1967, invited 130 young people from across the world who are all concerned with human rights issues to participate in a training course that covered almost all aspects of human rights education and application.
Date of source: Saturday, December 7, 2002
The MEMRI writes many of its translations “bring honor and respect to the Arab world and show it isn´t made up of radicals only.” Hulsman provides examples of MEMRI placing some of their translations in a wrong context.
Date of source: Monday, October 21, 2002
Human rights is the most controversial subject in the dialogue between Islam and the West. Muslims criticize many human rights [violations] in the West. Likewise, the West criticizes the human rights of Islamic countries. Each one evaluates the human rights of the other from its own point of view.
Date of source: Friday, August 23, 2002
The Jewish American writer Bat Ye´or published on July 1, 2002, an article on jihad in Islam on the Internet. The article is full of mistakes. It misperceives and distorts the concept of jihad. Dr. Abdel-Mo´ti Bayoumi refutes these mistakes.
Date of source: Monday, July 1, 2002
The author discusses the concept of jihad in Islam in relation to the concept of human rights. She believes that the two concepts are incompatible. While the Universal Declaration of Human Rights does not refer to any religion or to the superiority of any group over another, but stresses the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 26, 2006
In this article, Sulymān Yousuf Yousuf presents his opinion regarding the different dimensions of the Coptic issue. He believes that conferences held in the US and Switzerland on problems facing Copts are the first step toward internationalizing the Coptic issue.
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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.