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The author addresses the scenario surrounding the Interior Ministry moving ‘Abboud al-Zumor to an unidentified place after al-Zumor said that he would participate in a Sunni-Shiite-Christian alliance to work on "bringing the Mubārak regime before an international tribunal” for crimes of torturing...
Date of source: Monday, January 23, 2006
The alliance is spearheaded by al-Zumur from within his jail on behalf of all the detained Islamist groups, while al-Durīnī represents the Shiites of Egypt and Coptic lawyer Mamdouh Nakhla, the director of al-Kalima human rights center, represents Egyptian Christians.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
The author argues that Arab writings about the West and westerners are of vital importance for Arab and Muslims and for the Americans and Europeans too, but a problem arises when they are used to cast doubt over the idea of democracy itself and to replace it with despotism and totalitarianism.
Date of source: Thursday, January 12, 2006
The Cairo-based al-Kalima Center for Human Rights has issued its annual report on the political events of 2005, including syndicate, presidential and parliamentary elections. The report calls for respecting the rights of religious minorities in Egypt, including Shiites, Bahā’īs and Qur’ānīs.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Recent U.S. statements have described some Arab leaders as lacking in political adeptness and described others as failing to make required political and economic growth in their countries, while at the same time, the U.S. is allying with Islamists.
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
The author argues that globalization has opened Egypt’s borders to international interference in her domestic affairs.
Date of source: Sunday, December 25, 2005
The author discusses her reasons for attending and speaking at the much-criticized Washington conference entitled "Democracy in Egypt for Muslims and Christians."
Date of source: Sunday, December 11, 2005
The Washington conference gathered guests from more than 15 countries from the Middle East, Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia, and the author argues that it was an important event that brought together disparate minorities from the Middle East and allowed them to forge new alliances.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 7, 2005
A summary of articles about a controversial document attributed to the Muslim Brotherhood, which bodes no good for the future of the Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 20, 2005
The author argues that the issue of the Muslim-Christian divide must be addressed and states that successive governments have sat back and watched the growing fundamentalism and politicization of religion within Egypt.
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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.