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Date of source: Saturday, April 22, 2006
The author underlines journalists’ demands, which are focused on two main
things, bread and freedom, as they are demanding a fair salary framework and the cancellation of the
imprisonment
punishment for publishing-related offenses.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The report examines the definitions of polemics, the differing views of what constitutes polemics, including the Danish cartoons and the play in Alexandria which led to sectarian violence, Mīzān al-Haqq, a 19th century Christian polemical book against Islam and the Gospel of Barnabas, which is the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2006
In an interview, the
general director of the Religious Guidance
Department at the Ministry of Awqāf [Endowments], Dr.
Sālim ‘Abd al-Jalīl
argues that freedom of religion is guaranteed in Islam, since God
says: “There is no compulsion in religion. The
right direction is henceforth distinct...
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2006
Hasan al-
Turābī’s liberal stand on women’s rights
has angered many Muslim scholars around the world. His
recent controversial fatwas, permitting
marriage between Muslim women and kitābīs
[Reviewer: People of the book: Christians and Jews]
and allowing women to lead men in communal prayers,...
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
In spite of Egyptian officials’
affable statements on Shi’
ite-related issues, the Islamic Research Institute is still banning the
circulation of Shi’ite
books.
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
The author writes about the meeting at El-Sawy Culture Wheel that brought together a host of diplomats, intellectuals and university professors as well as representatives of civil society organizations to discuss several important topics including crises management and freedom of expression.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
On April
15, 2006, a discussion entitled
"Freedom of expression and respect for ’the other’: How to respond if one is
offended” was held
at El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Zamālik, Cairo. Participants from seven Arab and
European countries shared their
views on how to avoid the so-called ’clash of...
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The recent ruling by the Administrative Judiciary Court recognizing the
Bahā’ī faith in
Egyptian official documents like identity cards, passports or birth certificates
has triggered outcry from
official Muslim religious institutions that vehemently reject the ruling.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Analysis of the Denmark cartoons issue by Dr. Hasan Muhammad Wajīh, expert of linguistics of negotiation and cross-cultural communication at the Azhar University and moderator of the April 15, 2006 discussion at El-Sawy Culture Wheel on ‘Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to...
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
Transcript of the questions and answers following the discussion on ’Freedom of expression and respect for the other. How to respond if one is offended’ at El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo on April 15, 2006.
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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.