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Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Thousands
of Egyptian riot police were deployed in central Cairo Thursday in an
attempt to quell demonstrations and disperse
opposition supporters, who took to the streets in support of
the judges’ demands for the independence of the
judiciary. Demonstrators were beaten up, streets and metro...
Date of source: Saturday, May 13, 2006
The
movie adaptation of Dan Brown’s controversial novel, The Da Vinci Code, will not
be seen in Egypt
when it is released worldwide on May 19, 2006, ‘Abd al-Latīf Jābir writes
in al-Sharq
al-Awsat of May 10, 2006. The controversy comes as the movie claims that Jesus married Mary
Magdalene...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
David Ignatius explores Iran’s seeming diplo-phobia, which makes it extremely reluctant to negotiate with the West over the issue of nuclear enrichment, and which made it drag its heels over a treaty with Iraq to end the Iran-Iraq war. He argues that for theocratic regimes or groups that claim a...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
Highlights of the meeting held at El-Sawy Culture Wheel on May 7, 2006, to launch the CAWU website, including a welcome address by Mr. Muhammad al-Sāwī, comments from former ministers Dr. Mamdouh al- Biltājī, Mr. Ahmed Māhir, Dr. Ahmad Juwaylī, head of the Protestant Community Council Dr. Safwat al...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
A
review of
Laurance Pintak’s ’Islam, War and Opinions’, published by AUC press.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
Christians in Egypt are celebrating the memory of
Mar Girgis, the most popular saint all over the world.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 23, 2006
The speech given by Lord Carey, former archbishop of Canterbury, at the opening of the second theological college in Alexandria.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
After the London tube and bus bombings of July 7, 2005 killed her 24-year-old daughter Jennifer, Rev. Julie Nicholson has resigned from the Parish Church of St Aidan’s Bristol, because she felt it too difficult to lead people in words of peace and reconciliation, when she was unable to forgive the...
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
Dr. Pascal Boniface, the director of the Institute for International and Strategic Relations in Paris and a professor at the Institute of European Studies in the University of Paris, presents a new vision on the conflict of civilizations in his book, “War on terror” or “World War IV”. Rif‘at...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Due
to taqīya, that is the concept of concealing of one’s true
religious beliefs, the number of Shi’
ites in Egypt can not be exactly verified, however, estimates
indicate that they do not exceed one percent of
the total population.
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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.