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Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
Deputies and politicians in Bahrain have objected the activities of the Democratic National Institute (DNI) in their country and question the legitimacy of its contacts with the civil society organizations, suspecting that the institute is part of the U.S. administration’s plan to geo-strategically...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 19, 2005
In the aftermath of the terrorist attack in the Azhar area, the Egyptian press focused on opinions of clerics and the editorial views of senior journalists.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2000
The Fatwa [religious decree], issued by the Islamic Research Institute, concerning the illegality of taking money for entering monumental mosques, whether the visitors are Muslims or non-Muslims, Egyptians or foreigners, was rejected by those in charge of monuments in the Ministry of Culture. They...
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2000 to Friday, June 16, 2000
In this article, the author briefly relates three recent incidents of mischief where the niqab was used as a disguise.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2000
Security Police continued to siege the Azhar University City and the near by buildings. Families of students on strike arrived on the scene to seek information on their children. However, security personnel did not allow them to enter the compound.
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2000
For the third day, several students from the Azhar University joined in a hunger strike inside the male and female dormitories. Students gathered at the University City mosque and shouted against the Government and the Minister of Culture. They refused to participate in negotiations conducted by...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2000
75 students were held in detention for 15 days for participating in the Azhar riots, and for some other charges. The students revealed their refusal of Haider’s "Banquet for the Seaweed".
Other articles about the same subject appeared in Al-Akhbar, Al-Wafd, Al-Ahrar of the same day.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 9, 2000
Subtitle: The Minister of Culture: We don’t approve of any form of blasphemy
Groups of the Azhar University students gathered near midnight on May 7 at the Azhar University City to proclaim their opposition to the work of Haider Haider " Banquet for the Seaweed". The Minister of Culture explained...
Date of source: Thursday, February 3, 2000
I am writing for the third time about the problem of Al-Kosheh. Discussing this problem leads us to the complaints of Copts - some of which we mentioned in the last article. Let’s complete discussing these complaints...
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2000
From the very beginning, Egypt was never far from Islam. It was not a surprise to Egypt when Muslim armies were marching into it. There was not a single Muslim, during and after the Prophet’s life, who was not certain that Egypt would be opened up by Muslims...
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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.