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Date of source: Monday, December 9, 2019
Earlier this year, a group of five interns from Arab-West Report had the privilege of visiting emeritus professor Abdallah Schleifer at his home in Cairo. Prof. Schleifer is a prominent Middle East expert, former journalist, and leading Muslim intellectual who was among the group of...
Date of source: Sunday, June 15, 2014
The Ministry of Endowments assured that there is no desire to cancel the Iʿtikāf practice (a retreat in a mosque for a certain number of days) in the ten last days of Ramadan.
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Interreligious tensions in Egypt are, unfortunately, very often related to church construction.
Date of source: Sunday, November 1, 2009
Yusuf Sidhum summarises the information included in his previous four articles about the discrimination practised against Copts in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Minya. Sidhum uses the backdrop of his recent articles to highlight the crucial need for the unified law for houses of worship to be...
Date of source: Sunday, August 9, 2009
Watani interviewed Muhammad Zarie a human rights activist who is the head of the Arab Penal Reform organization.
Date of source: Friday, December 5, 2008
Reports about religious tensions in Egypt sometimes hit the headlines abroad first. On November 26 Hulsman went with a German journalist to Ain Shams to investigate claims of violent demonstrations between Christian and Muslim youth, in this editorial he explains the causes behind the incident and...
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2007
Although the author praises the efforts of the Ministry of Awqāf [religious endowments] to show the true face of Islam, he demands better supervision on Zāwiyahs and publications for curbing the current religious chaos in society.
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2007 to Friday, July 20, 2007
Rose al-Yūsuf magazine publishes a report about the spread of Zāwiyahs in the streets of Cairo. The weekly magazine reviews a report published by the U.S. Los Angeles Times about Zāwiyahs.
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2007
The article is based on a response made by the author, Muntasir al-Zayyāt, to an article authored by the liberal intellectual Tarek Heggy entitled, ‘Law Kuntu Qibtīya’ [If I Were a Copt]. Heggy believes that the state unjustly spends tax money, partially paid by Copts, and allocates it for building...
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Amidst the tempest caused by the Ministry of Awqaf's [Religious Endowment's] plan to unify the Azan in the Greater Cairo, Dr. Zaqzouq, the Minister, was the target of fervent attacks. He was accused of being involved in a plot to ruin Islam. Those who attacked the Minister backed their attacks with...
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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.