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Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2006
The controversial document of
religious rights has
disappeared from the Azhar sheikhdom, raising many questions over the grand
imām’s
relations to it. Al-Maydān publishes a picture of Dr.
Tantāwī and Shaykh
cAmr al-Bastawīsī, the former head of the office
of the grand imām,
shaking hands...
Date of source: Monday, June 12, 2006
Freedom of expression
means to respect others’
freedoms and opinions. It is important to maintain peace and stability when
expressing a view point or
examining religious issues.
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2006
Different views about the first report of the General Arab Journalists Union on
press freedoms and the
importance of every journalist knowing his rights and limits.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
A recent Administrative
Judicial Court ruling allowing Egyptian Bahā’īs to have their religion recognized on official
documents and the issue of Bahā’ī marriage have been a subject of heated debate in the
Egyptian press.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
The Islamic-Christian Institution in
Jordan has recently issued a statement in
which it condemned The Da Vinci Code, saying the movie is a direct
assault on Christ which hurts the
religious sentiments of both Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
A symposium
entitled, ‘How can I live as a Copt?’ held in Shubra,
discussed the role of Copts and the importance of
their effective contribution to society.
Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
The article focuses on the referral of Sawt al-Umma
journalists to the criminal court over
accusations that they slandered judges by publishing a so-called
black list of judges involved in rigging the last
parliamentary elections.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The article praises a court ruling repealing a previous ruling that gave
Egypt’s nearly 1000
Bahā’īs the right to have their faith registered in official documents, with
opinions by
intellectuals that Bahā’ism is not a religion and that the only religions recognized in Egypt
are the
divine...
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2006
The law on the imprisonment of journalists for
publication
offences has raised many questions about the freedom of the press in Egypt. The secretary general of
the
Global Communication Research Association, Dr. Basyounī Ibrāhīm Hamāda, believes
that free
journalism cannot exist in an unfree...
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The
front-page item deals with a meeting between Grand Imām of the Azhar
Shaykh Muhammad
Sayyīd Tantāwī and former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey as
part of the Azhar’s
efforts to enhance the interfaith dialogue.
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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.