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Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2007
A conflict arose between the priest of Marina Church and the governor of the Marsá Matrūḥ governorate when the governorate sold a piece of land that belonged to the church to two other institutions. The church complained to the president of the state and the head of the president’s cabinet...
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
The author discusses the “much-need” unified law for building houses of worship and the difficulties that it is facing in parliament. He highlights some human rights organization’s agenda for the law.
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The article presents an interview between Watani newspaper and Dr. Muhammad Guweili. Dr. Guweili discusses the importance of having one law to regulate the construction of houses of worship, be they designed for Muslims or Christians. He considers what obstacles would need to be overcome in order...
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2003 to Friday, June 6, 2003
The Administrative Court will decide next week about a lawsuit filed by a Coptic lawyer against the Minister of Interior over the Hamayouni law concerning the procedure for obtaining permits for church building. The lawyer argues that the Ministry of Interior has issued a decree regulating church...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2004
It is agreed on that the route taken by the Holy Family in Egypt is the utmost Christian tourism of the world. What 1500 million Christians know about it, is limited to what they read in the book of Matthew. Driven by curiosity, tourists from Europe and America will come and that will represent...
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2002
The article is an interview with the governor of Minya. He explains how the riots started in Beni Walmis village. He elaborated on the good relationships between Muslims and Christians in the village.
Date of source: Saturday, April 17, 2004
The issue of compensating Jews of Arab origins for the so-called properties they left, has re-emerged. Israel. Some Libyan and Iraqi officials stated that Jews of Libyan and Iraqi origin have the right to be compensated. Obviously, what happens with Iraq and Libya is a part of a plan both Israel...
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2004
Readers might remember the story of the church of the new town of Rihab, to which I referred a few weeks ago. On 26 April, the representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church received the 3000 square meter plot of land allotted to the church in Rihab. The New Urban Communities Authority had...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
Rumors have spread that a new law dividing the Engineers’ Syndicate into seven different syndicates is under way. At a time when everyone is trying to overcome the Syndicate’s crisis, the Muslim Brotherhood is trying to aggravate the crisis anew by spreading rumors about preparations for a new law...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
Journalists are now among those who are most frequently called up to the judge’s chambers. In
the past two months, 28 complaints have been filed against journalists in addition to 400 other
complaints that are under investigation.
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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.