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Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2000
In this article, the writer discusses the problem of getting restoration licenses for churches and how the presidential decisions concerning this matter are not put into action. He gives the case of the church of the Archangel Michael, in Assiut, as an example, that clearly displays the problem he...
Date of source: Thursday, August 31, 2000
This article exposes the opinion of Dr. Nasr Farid Wasal, the Mufti of Egypt, concerning the rights of the non-Muslim wife, who is married to a Muslim and whether she has the right to practice the rites of her religion and to inherit from her husband or not.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 29, 2000
[Translator’s note: All Translation of verses from the Qur’an are taken from The Koran Interpreted, Arthur J. Arberry, Oxford University Press, 1964.]
Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin stressed that the Azhar did not do an act of courtesy in its report on his book "My Father Adam". He declared his opposition...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2000
A conference was arranged with Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim to discuss the accusations raised against him. These accusations are still being investigated by the Attorney General’s Office. The discussion turned into a celebration, during which those present welcomed and congratulated the director of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 22, 2000
The Virgin Mary church in Zeitoun is a relatively small building that is surrounded by a small garden in which the Virgin tree is located. This church had only a very small congregation, but after the Virgin Mary appeared everything changed and thousands of visitors started to come to the church...
Date of source: Sunday, August 27, 2000
A few days ago the Virgin Mary appeared on the top of the domes of the Mar Morqos church in the Matraniya street, Assiut. A large number of the residents in the area are confirming that they saw the Virgin Mary praying on the church’s domes while others say they saw her at the altar.
Date of source: Sunday, August 27, 2000
Regarding the luminous apparitions that appeared between the domes of the Mar Morqos cathedral in Assiut, "Watani", accompanied by Father Mina Hanna, went to the site of these events. They saw the crowds of people, who came from everywhere, hoping to be blessed by watching the Virgin Mary.
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2000
The first Arabic Seminar against normalization (of relations with Israel), entitled "the resistance to normalization is a religious and national duty", will start in Amman today and will continue until next Tuesday. Both Pope Shenouda and the French intellectual, Roger Garoudy will give speeches.
Date of source: Monday, August 21, 2000
At a press conference, in front of the EOHR office in Cairo last Wednesday, the workers of the EOHR opposition towards the decision to close the organization. "We were surprised by the closure, on August 8, 2000, which followed the decision of the Board of Directors, which we suspect is illegal. We...
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2000
It was our obligation to hear Dr. Saad’s side of the story, in which he affirms emphatically that there were no political grounds or in fact real reasons for his arrest. Furthermore, he states that the accusations made against him are baseless and that his release on bail is due to the fact that...
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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.