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Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2005
The press report that the Muslim Brotherhood have spent 28 million LE on election propaganda, and that their slogan, ’Islam is the solution’, is simply used to avoid providing detailed solutions to Egypt’s problems.
Date of source: Monday, October 17, 2005
A press review of articles concerning the allegedly anti-Islamic play performed in the Mar Girgis Church in Alexandria, which prompted angry demonstrations from Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 2004
This factory employs 130 employers of whom eight have died of cancer and 46 are diagnosed with cancer or other work-related diseases like weakness of the heart muscle. These results were revealed in a report released by the Medical Insurance Authority.
The factory manufactures asbestos and is...
Date of source: Monday, June 13, 2005
Public Prosecutor Māhir ‘Abd al-Wāhid ordered the release of 163 persons suspected of involvement with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 2004
Sinai is the wilderness walked through by the Sons of Israel on their way to Mount Sinai. The Sinai wilderness and Mount Sinai are mentioned 35 times in the Old Testament. Sinai was assaulted in 1956 and then in 1967, after which the land was liberated in 1973 and the Israeli people went back to...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
This report explains the escalations following the alleged conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam. Much background is given to the cultural context that explain why such an issue is so sensitive in Egypt. The report also shows that several of the organizers of the demonstration in Cairo have done...
Date of source: Thursday, April 21, 2005
Another fit of anger is gripping the al-Malāk Church, al-Sharqīya governorate, after Samī Zakī ‘Awad, Ilyās Abu Rāmī, was reportedly kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam by the security authorities, in exactly the same fashion of groundless news reports that preceded the Wafā’ Costantine...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2005
A once-Christian woman named Amīra converted to Islam and married a Muslim young man, ‘Alī, against her family’s wishes. However, the recent incidents and the State’s on-the-spot response to Copts’ demands have given her family courage to kidnap her.
Date of source: Sunday, August 26, 2001
The house of a Christian family, in Al-Sharqiya, was demolished by order of the Department of Land Protection for the Agricultural Directorate of Al-Sharqiya, on the grounds that it was built on agricultural land. This house was not the only house built on Agricultural land in the area. However, it...
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2001
The Church of St. John the Baptist, in Assiut, and the Evangelical Church of Abu Hammad, in Al-Sharqiya, were given restoration licenses by the governor of Assiut and the town council of Abu Hammad, respectively. However, security forces intervened and stopped the restoration works in the two...
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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.