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Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2008
This article deals with the hijāb crisis in the Franciscan Sisters School in Cairo. The father of student Nashwa Muhammad Jamīl has complained to the minister of education that the school forces students to not wear the hijāb. On the other hand, the school’s administration claims that Nashwa was...
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2008 to Friday, May 30, 2008
This article sheds light on salafism in Egypt. It points out the areas in which salafis spread and shows how powerful they are in these areas.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2008
The shaykh of the Azhar has asked to receive an official invitation through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in an inter-faith dialogue summit in Washington.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2008
This article sheds light on the secret world of the Islamic adoption declaration room. The author visited two of these rooms, the first solely for foreigners and the other for Egyptian Christians who want to convert to Islam. He relates the story of three cases he witnessed and gives an account of...
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2008
This article comments on the Islamization of Copts in Alexandria. It has been claimed that there is a fixed price paid for middlemen who convince Copts to convert to Islam. The author reports on some incidents of conversion to Islam that took place in Alexandria.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2008
In this article the author comments on the State’s Council Administrative Court of justice ruling that rejected the lawsuit filed by a lawyer against Doctor Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī asking for her Egyptian nationality to be taken away because she wrote a play entitled, ’God Resigns in the Summit Meeting’....
Date of source: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
In this article the author discusses the limits of religious freedom. He cites examples of some practices from Egypt that demonstrate that the proper bounds of religious freedom have been exceeded. He points out that religious identity is taking over the national identity in Egyptian society,...
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The Legislative Committee of the People's Assembly has decided to remove a number of debatable articles that were suggested as amendments to the Child Law.
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Muhammad ‘Azīzīyah's movie depicting Jesus Christ from a Muslim point of view is the subject of heated discussions in different churches. While the Coptic Orthodox Church threatens to resort to the judiciary, ‘Azīzīyah insists on making his movie even if he is obliged to film it in a secular...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2008
This article reports on recent clashes between Syrian and Iranian backed Hizb Allāh and government troops in Lebanon.
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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.