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Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
A dozen Moroccan and Algerian Muslim fundamentalist prisoners called on May 27 on the Socialist-led government of Morocco for an amnesty. Among them are three members of Algeria’s banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), spending up to 14 years in jail for their involvement in arms trafficking to...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
NGO representatives and activists for human and women’s rights stepped up their campaign this week against the proposed NGO law in a bid to prevent it from being passed by the People’s Assembly. NGOs believe that the bill infringes upon their autonomy and inhibits civil action.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
A bill that regulates NGO activities has been approved in principle by the People’s Assembly. The bill faced severe criticism, with independent and opposition deputies arguing that the bill was at the expense of civil rights and political freedoms because it obstructs the formation of certain NGOs...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 1999
The author reflects on the murder of two Christians in el-Koshh in August 1998 and the following negative publicity which was, in his view, not necessary.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
A long-awaited draft law that will regulate the activities of some 14,000 registered NGOs was approved on Monday by the People’s Assembly’s Religious and Social Affairs Committee.
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 1999 to Wednesday, May 26, 1999
Egypt’s largest Islamist militant group, the Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya, has announced several new initiatives as part of its effort to switch from violent opposition to the government to a legal alternative, its lawyers said.
Date of source: Monday, May 17, 1999
Three MPs submitted an interpellation about information published in a number of newspapers indicating that a group led by Dr. Sa’ad Eddin Ibrahim, Director of the Ibn Al-Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, has compiled a book recommended to be taught as part of religious syllabus at pre-...
Date of source: Saturday, May 8, 1999 to Friday, May 14, 1999
There are in the history of Egyptian women tens of examples that said, still say and insist that "religion is for God, the country for all." Four Egyptian Christian women are profiled here as examples to show that Coptic Christian women are patriotic Egyptians.
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 1999
A response to Milad Sobhi’s claims that the law of the Old Testament is an Egyptian law and it is not true that it is a Jewish law as well as some of his other claims.
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 1999
There has currently been extensive talk about continued confrontation with the Jihad underground organization, which is the most dangerous terrorist group. The organization has been receiving heavy blows inside and outside the country. The current period of time has witnessed the handing over to...
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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.