Displaying 41 - 50 of 137.
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the Egyptian minister of endowments, has issued a decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb. Stating that the Niqāb is "a matter of custom and not faith," the minister argued that the appointment of Niqāb-wearing women as...
Date of source: Sunday, February 24, 2002
A delegation representing the German
Evangelical churches condoled with the governor of Giza over the accident of the train of Upper Egypt. The
delegation expressed its great sorrow at this sad accident.
Date of source:
The
court of first instance postponed its verdict on the action brought by Dr. Nasr Hamid
Abu Zeid and his wife
against the Minister of Justice. Abū Zeid wants to show that there is still a marital
relationship between
him and his wife.
Date of source: Sunday, July 2, 2000 to Monday, July 3, 2000
This
article exposes the reasons for arresting Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Professor of sociology in the American
University in Cairo and director of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Developmental Studies, and the full details
of his project.
Some of the charges of which he was accused are implication in...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
In this file on the Niqāb, Ākhir Sācah devoted a full article to crimes committed by Niqāb-wearing women and men.
Date of source: Sunday, November 5, 2006
Watanī publishes the response of the Ministry of Interior over incidents of young Coptic girls disappearing. Watanī asserts that the letter from the ministry contradicts the actual incidents and tries to cover the ministry’s incapacity to determine the exact facts and locations of the victims.
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
The review takes up the issue of the niqāb as Jack Straw, Leader of the House of Commons, called on Muslim women in Britain to take off their veils in workplaces, while in Egypt, the President of Hilwān University made a decision to prohibit all niqāb-wearing students from entering the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
Reflections on the life of Bishop Samuel on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Jehovah’s Witnesses could break through the Egyptian haphazard societies to spread their preaching. The review provides the historical background of the group and the opinions of some Coptic figures.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
The story of a Coptic girl who claims she was kidnapped and asked to convert to Islam.
Pages
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.