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Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
The whole world is watching us and observing what are we achieving in terms of reform, especially with regards to freedom of expression. We will not stand by helplessly hoping that an internal reform [of the Azhar] is achieved. The Azhar has long been a place for spreading enlightenment and...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 27, 2005
The verdict to imprison three journalists of al-Masrī al-Yawm contradicts the optimism about democratic reforms.
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2005
The armed conflicts in Iraq and the Palestinian-Israeli area grasp the greatest part of world press coverage. Journalists have always been among the civilian victims killed.
Twentysix journalists and media people were killed in these regions in 2004, compared to 22 during 2003.
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2003
Dr. Gunter Mulack, Commissioner for the Dialogue with the Islamic World of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressed the need for dialogue between the West and the Arab world to avoid increasing tensions and develop an understanding between different cultures. Many of his views concur with...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [The Fall of the Imam] has been banned. Many
intellectuals have launched a campaign against banning whether by religious or political
authorities. But some intellectuals refused to support Al-Sa’adawi’s novel because they claimed
that has little...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2004
In the three reports issued by the Commission on Religious Freedom
about Egypt from 2000 to 2002, Egypt was placed in the third category. These reports noted an
improvement in the [Egyptian government’s] respect for religious freedoms. These reports were
basically focused on Copts. Reports...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 3, 2004
It seems that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom must have issued
its report on religious discrimination between Muslims and Copts in Egypt months before its
visit. The report claims that the Egyptian mass media is too lazy and not qualified enough to
cover the religious...
Date of source: Saturday, July 17, 2004
Lord
Cromer, the British High Commissioner during the British occupation of Egypt. wanted to deal
with Egyptians as different ethnic and religious groups and not as a united national community.
Cromer left Egypt and Egypt was librated from occupation but others did not learn the lesson and...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
Last Friday night, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom arrived in Cairo in a secretive atmosphere. The Commission delivered a brief statement concerning the objectives of the visit, which takes place between July 16 and July 23. The Commission is paving the way for the...
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2004
America is interfering in the affairs of others with all possible
means. The latest attempt was the visit of a fact-finding delegation of the US Commission on
International Religious Freedom to Egypt. The US delegation was comprised of nine commissioners,
including its Jewish head. Four of the...
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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.