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Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2007
The article describes the outcomes of a recent seminar in which a number of Muslim scholars discussed the application of Riddah in Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, September 16, 2007
The author discusses the debates surrounding the religion box on Egyptian identity cards, and the arguments presented both opposing and supporting the move.
Date of source: Monday, September 17, 2007
Hānī al-A‘ṣar reports on Counselor Najīb Jibrā’īl submitting an official report to the Public Prosecutor against the father of the Christian twins Mario and Andrew on charges of disdaining Christianity.
Date of source: Monday, September 17, 2007
The article narrates a story of a former Catholic priest who converted to Islam, adopted the Islamic name of Idrīs Tawfīq, and became an Islamic Dā‘yah.
Date of source: Monday, September 17, 2007
Two university law professors have proposed a law to establish the procedures for converting from one religion to another.
Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2007
The article discusses the alleged disappearance of Coptic girls, criticizing the difficulties that parents face in being able to file a legal document to report their daughter’s disappearance.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Dr. Sa‘īd Shiḥātah criticizes an episode of the TV popular program ‘10 PM’ and its host Muná al-Shādhilī, in which she invited the two Coptic brothers Andrew and Mario who spoke about their suffering following their father’s conversion to Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, September 1, 2007 to Friday, September 7, 2007
The author talks about newspapers that publish stories about conversion from one religion to another, believing that they aim at inflaming sectarian sedition under the guise of the freedom of the press.
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2007
Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá discusses a suggestion from thinker Samīr Marqus who has asked for a committee to examine the inclinations of individuals who intend to convert from one religion to another. Mūsá, however, refers to the absence of concepts of citizenship and civil state as the main roots of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Sulaymān Shafīq raises a number of notes on the issue of the renewal of religious discourse – in both the church and the Azhar – in light of the daily controversy over the conversion from one religion to another. Shafīq believes that men of religion should be studying worldly sciences alongside...
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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.