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Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The article discusses Egypt’s recent appointment to the UN Human Rights Council. The authors wonder if it is a valid appointment, particularly when considering the fact that there are political parties within Egypt that use slogans that oppose the fundamental ideals of human rights and citizenship...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies [CIHRS] has sent an appeal to the president of the republic and the speakers of both houses of Parliament called to amend Article Two of the Constitution that states that Islam is the religion of the state and Islamic sharīʿā is the main source of...
Date of source: Monday, February 26, 2007
The National Endowment for Democracy’s new orientation has caused uproar among Egyptian human rights organizations who believe in their right to choose their projects without interference from donors.
44. From the statements of Muṣṭafá al-Fiqī to Bishop Marqus’s… Who has the authority over the Copts?
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2007
The article discusses the questions surrounding article two of the Constitution, and who has the authority to call for its amendment. The author wonders who has the right to speak on behalf of the Copts.
Date of source: Saturday, February 10, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church has not yet been invited to the conference that will be held by the National Council for Human Rights despite the fact that a number of Coptic expatriates have already been invited.
53. The National Council for Human Rights organizes conference on Coptic participation in leadership
Date of source: Thursday, February 8, 2007
The The National Council for Human Rights holds a conference to discuss Coptic issues.
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2007
A new book gathering paragraphs from various Islamic books states that Christians are unbelievers.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Several human rights activists accused
the second
article of the Egyptian Constitution of flouting the non-Muslims rights at a symposium held by Cairo
Institute for Human Rights Studies on ’ the plight of the freedom of belief in Egypt.’
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Egyptian papers run dozens of articles on a variety of
subjects directly or indirectly related to the Muslim Brotherhood’s military-style rally at Azhar University’s
campus. Analysts and commentators saw the Brotherhood’s military-style protest from various, but still close,
perspectives, with...
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Majdī Khalīl discusses the forced disappearance of Coptic girls. The claims around this phenomenon are not new, however it is being announced more frequently. Khalīl discusses the reasons why Coptic families are more often daring to announce the disappearance of their girls, and the reasons behind...
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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.