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Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2007
The article outlines the recent documentary ’The Lost Tomb of Jesus’ and some of the activities that have been taking place concerning the promotion of the documentary. It also questions the finding of the scientific expedition to find the actual tomb and interviews a number of people opposed to...
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2007
The article discusses three recent books that cover a number of topics that focus on religion. The authors that are discussed include Patricia Hampl, Richard Dawkins and Matthew Kneale.
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
The Ministry of Interior has not applied the laws regulating conversion to Islām since 2004. Consequently, all conversions that have taken place since then are invalid. The father of a converted teenager raises this question in his lawsuit against the minister of interior, minister of justice, and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2007
CIDT answers questions from the Australian Refugee Review Tribunal concerning the forced conversion of Copts to Islām in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
Waṭanī holds a meeting to discuss issues surrounding religious conversion. Prominent human rights activists and Coptic lawyers participate, suggesting ways to regulate conversions.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Many Christians were surprised that their religion on their identity cards had been changed.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2004
On June 17, 1981 violence erupted between Muslims and Christians in the Cairo working class district of al-Zawīya al-Hamrā? in which at least 20 people were killed and hundreds others injured, giving reason enough for late President Anwar al-Sādāt to launch the notorious September 1981 detentions...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 2004
The phenomenon of Islamic schools is not new; the new thing is that these schools do not accept employing Christian teachers or enlisting Christian students. Last week an advertisement appeared in the last page of al-Ahram about a school called ?Al-Bashayir al-Islāmīyah.” The advertisement called...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 8, 2003
For three consecutive issues, Rose al-Youssef devoted a special file for comments on the Egyptian identity under a general title ?Egypt is First and Before All.? Part of the file is three interviews with poet and writer Ahmed Abdel-Mo’ti Hegazi. Among his comments on the effects of Arab nationalism...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
The symposium held by the Orthodox Church’s Diocese of Youth experienced disagreements between participants over the lack of Coptic participation in political life.
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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.