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Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2009
Members of Michael Munīr’s fan group on facebook call on U.S. Copts to work for giving Bahā’īs, Shī‘ah, and converts to Christianity more freedom of creed in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 2008
The day before yesterday the Administrative Judiciary Court in Alexandria delivered a judgment on a citizen to affirm his return to Christianity in his identity card and other official documents after 31 years as a Muslim.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
This article highlights some Western misconceptions about Islam.
Date of source: Monday, December 31, 2007
A Christian born woman is accused of distorting official documents. Both Shādyā al-Sīsī and her mother did not know about her father’s accidental conversion. Shādyā is accused of changing her religion on official papers.
Date of source: Sunday, October 5, 2008
A Christian mother and Muslim convert father, now separated, fight for the custody of their 13 year-old twins. The father wins the battle even though Egyptian law states that children under the age of 15 should stay with their mother, regardless of religion. The twins state that they are Christian...
Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 2008
The Shubra al-Khaima criminal court has sentenced Bahiya Nagy al-Sissi in absentia to three years in prison for forgery. Al-Sissi was born a Christian but, unbeknown to her, her father converted to Islam for a brief period when she was a child.
Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2008
A Christian woman is detained for alleged forged documents noting that they were Christian, a fact that was questioned by a court in relation to their father’s brief conversion to Islam over 30 years ago.
Date of source: Sunday, March 30, 2008
The following discusses an individual’s decision to convert from Islam to Catholicism, and the resulting difficulties he faced.
Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2008
Robeir al-Faris reviews different articles in the Egyptian press this month related to Muslim-Christian relations. In particular he mentions a new joint Muslim-Christian Web site and an article that cites the al-Ahrām obituary page to prove that Copts are not being persecuted.
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2008
Ranā Mamdūh reports that the Administrative Judicial Court, headed by Counselor Muhammad al-Husaynī, the deputy head of the State Council, decided to adjourn the judgment in 12 lawsuits filed by Christian converts to Islam.
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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.