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Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2006
In her message from The Hague, Fikrīya Ahmad reports the latest Dutch pressures on
Egypt to oblige every Egyptian parent to keep his/her children in the Netherlands, with the Dutch parent,
after
divorce.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy holds
an extra-ordinary
meeting to decide on the issue of recognizing the Bahā’ī faith.
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2003
The article is an interview with Abdel Massih Nasr who attempted to assassinate Pope Yousab the 115th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, in September 1955. He spoke about his attempt and the reasons behind it. Nasr, who was affiliated with the Coptic Nation group, was twenty years old when he...
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2003
Al-Liwa Al-Islami published the first part of an interview with Dr. Ali Gomaa, Mufti of Egypt. This part discusses the role of Dar Al-Ifta´, the uniform of Al Azhar, the various bases for making a fatwa, and the relations between the Dar Al-Ifta´ and Al Azhar.
Date of source: Monday, January 20, 2003
The Ministry of Justice revises the draft unified Personal Status Law for Copts that was presented to the government in 1999 by the Christian denominations in Egypt. The law states that spouses cannot change their denomination or religion during marriage. This would mean difficulty for divorce or...
Date of source: Thursday, August 4, 2005
Max Michel Hannā, who had been dismissed by the Clerical College after alleged deviations from the Coptic Orthodox faith, has recently managed to obtain a license from the US to set up a new church, breaking away from the official Egyptian church.
Date of source: Thursday, July 7, 2005
The Orthodox Cathedral in ‘Abbāsīya suffers from a real crisis because of the problems between Pope Shenouda III and his parishioners all over the country…. Many struggles are coming into light recently because of some bishops’ violations of Orthodox teachings….
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005 to Friday, July 15, 2005
The parliamentary session has ended without discussing the draft law prohibiting the imprisonment of journalists, though it has been 15 months since the president promised it would see the light.
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005 to Friday, July 15, 2005
The fifth term of the People’s Assembly has come to an end. Its last sessions tackled a sundry of political issues, which signal a real political change the country is to witness during the coming period. Most important is the need for a law that prohibits the imprisonment of journalists
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Political analyst, researcher, author and executive editor of the Egyptian weekly Watanī International Majdī Khalīl, known for his books on citizenship rights, civil society and the position of minorities in the Middle East, speaks out many on Coptic grievances to al-Dustour.
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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.