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Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2008
The following article presents the second in a series discussing the “talibanization” of education in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, December 22, 2006
The problems of Copts revealed in the reform conference were not mainly related to the Coptic Orthodox Church; many of the church problems can be attributed to the political and social problems resulted from the duality between the stance of the law and the practices literally applied.
Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2006
Dr. Hāshim continues his series of articles about woman’s rights in Islām. The following article deals with the family and wife’s rights in the Qur’ān and Sunnah.
Date of source: Friday, June 27, 1997
Initially Dr. Abdel Fatah Ali, former minister of health, forbade the circumcision of girls by unqualified persons, in other words, recognizing that medical practitioners could do the job. Nevertheless, especially among doctors, opposition to female circumcision is strong. Dr. Ismail Salam, Dr. Ali...
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2006 to Friday, May 12, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf publishes the full text of the appeal made by Pope Shenouda III against a court ruling obliging him to grant permission to divorced Copts to remarry.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
The Egyptian Minister of Culture decided that Egypt will contribute a huge stone of Assuan granite to the monument for the Unknown Child in The Netherlands. His decision was followed by the visit of Mirjam and Sil van Oort, two representatives of the Rose Foundation, between December 7 and 17 2003...
Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2005
A paper presented at the annual interfaith dialogue meeting of the Anglican communion and the Permanent Committee of the Azhar al-Sharif for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions that prompted criticism from Metropolitan Seraphim for the portrayal of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2002
This significant study of the history and of the spiritual and educational rôles of the Sunday School Movement in the reawakening of the Coptic Church ought to be seen as a basic text for all those interested in the Coptic Church of the 20th century. For an unbiased understanding of the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2006
Coptic activist Majdī Khalīl claims discrimination against Copts in Egypt and cites a number of incidents where Copts are openly discriminated against and treated unfairly by authorities.
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2002
The film of MediaHouse about female circumcision was showed at the Cairo International Bookfair where it caused a stir. Strengholt liked this because “if a film will cause a fight, a discussion, anger or strife, any strong reaction that gets people to question their own positions in life or affirm...
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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.