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Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood group decided to suspend Seif Al-Islam Hassan Al-Banna’s membership in the group. Ma’amoun Al-Hodeibi notified him that he had told all the Brotherhood leaders to ignore any personal decisions taken by him without consulting the group [Brotherhood]. Al-Hodeibi asked Al-Banna...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
In the two months since the last trial session, lawyers for the defense have had to fight for access to the official court record of prosecution oral arguments. Judges ruled that, contrary to precedent, the official court record may only be viewed at the courthouse and neither photocopied or...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
At Pope Shenouda’s weekly Wednesday meeting someone asked him to forgive Father Aghathon, which provoked an angry reaction and various accusations. This article gives Father Aghathon’s response and explains the background to this dispute. Kamal Zakher Musa, a researcher in Coptic affairs also...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2001
Al-Qashish village is a living example of the national unity between Muslims and Christians. Muslims there help Christians in restoring a church that was built in the days of Khedive Abbas Helmi. At every feast, the priest of the church distributes gifts and clothes to everyone, Muslims before...
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2001
A TV discussion between two Copts, Gamal Asad and Mamdouh Nakhla, nearly turned into a dispute on air. The subject of the discussion was the visit of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Nakhla was of the opinion that the Commission’s visit was one with good intentions while Asad...
Date of source: Friday, April 13, 2001
Public manifestations of Christian faith become less in Egyptian society. The celebration of palm Sunday in the Upper Egyptian village of Sarakna, 315 km south of Cairo, is one of the last villages where this is possible. The article explains Muslims in villages want their villages have a Muslim...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2001
The number of articles published about Easter reflects the great attention the Egyptian press paid to these celebrations.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2001
General Fou’ad Allam, security expert, believes that a number of the Muslim Brotherhood leaders excluded Prof. Youssef Al-Qardawi from being the next General Guide of the Brotherhood. The reason behind this is his criticism of their terrorist activities before the 1952 revolution and his support of...
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute put an end to the controversial issue of leasing wombs by rendering it haram [religiously forbidden]. Asharq Al-Awsat interviewed many scholars, doctors and experts in the field of genetic engineering to ask them about their opinions concerning this issue. Dr. Abdel-...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2001
This is not just an interview. It is an attempt to break the silence and conspiracy over Nasr Hamed Abu-Zeid being sent into exile. How long will Nasr Abu-Zeid remain in exile? Who has benefited from changing an intellectual and researcher into a "cultural refugee"? Why does his leaving Egypt now,...
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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.