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Date of source: Monday, November 10, 2003
The prosecution of the northern Upper-Egyptian city of Al-Ayyat started investigating the clashes that took place two days ago between Muslims and Copts leaving five people injured. The clashes flared up as a result of a dispute over attempts to turn a library into a church.
Date of source: Sunday, November 9, 2003
The annual Iftar dinner hosted by the Muslim Brotherhood turned into a trial of the ruling regime. Following the Iftar, discussions took place in which the regime was fiercely attacked by different people belonging to various political trends. The dialogues the National Party made with opposition...
Date of source: Friday, November 7, 2003
The Muslim Brotherhood group asserted that one of its active members died last Monday as a result of torture at one of the police stations in Giza. Egyptian authorities denied this claim and asserted that the Brotherhood promotes wrong information to defame the government. The General Guide of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2003
Well-informed Egyptian sources stated that 43 fundamentalists belonging to the banned group of Al-Jihad will appear before a military court in the coming few days. The charges directed to the defenders are related to a plan prepared by the group for attacking American and Israeli facilities among...
Date of source: Saturday, September 27, 2003 to Friday, October 3, 2003
The Muslim Brotherhood group is trying to control the administrative board of the Al-Gama´iya Al-Shara´iya [The Legal Association] in Giza, which has 246 branches and takes care of about 30,000 poor families. The group works hard to win the elections of the association, which receives...
Date of source: Saturday, August 27, 2005 to Friday, September 2, 2005
The Coptic Orthodox Church has recently been attacked by individuals that call themselves ‘opposition from within the church’. These people concentrate their attacks on the leaders of the church and allege that there is a barrier separating the pope from his congregation.
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2006
In response to the “offensive” cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by Jyllands-Posten, a delegation of Danish Muslim clerics visited Egypt and met with their Egyptian counterparts to discuss a proportionate response to this offence.
Date of source: Saturday, January 14, 2006
Muslim scholar ‘Abd al-Sabour Shāhīn blames the Azhar and the Islamic Research Academy for not taking proper action against the recent Danish attack on the Prophet Muhammad. He also praises the position of secretary-general of the Arab League, ‘Amr Mousa, who led a diplomatic delegation, demanding...
Date of source: Monday, December 26, 2005
Governor of Giza, Dr. Fathī Sa‘d has recently ordered the destruction of a number of houses in the Tanāsh area. The decision has prompted fears over sectarian clashes in the area.
Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2005
On December 13, Dream satellite channel broadcast a program on the reported forced Islamization of Christian girls in Egypt. TV host, Mr Wā’il al-Ibrāshī, invited Dr. Najīb Jabrā’īl and Coptic thinker Jamāl As‘ad to join him in the program.
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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.