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Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2011
According to the article at hand, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) announced on Monday, May 9, 2011, that the organization's report on sectarian clashes in Imbābah mainly holds security forces responsible for the incident, citing their slow response to unfolding events.
The NCHR will...
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2011
A Salafī's crime against a Coptic citizen of Qena caused fear of further application of hadds by salafists. The Coptic man, Ayman Nūr, was subjected to an attack by salafists who cut one of his ears off in what was considered an appropriate punishment for his crime.
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2010
Reports released by international and domestic organizations have shown Egypt to be among the top corrupt nations on earth. However shocking this may sound, bribing civil servants has become the norm in Egypt.
In its Global Corruption report 2009, Transparency International attributes Egypt’s...
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Interreligious tensions in Egypt are, unfortunately, very often related to church construction.
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
The president of the National Council for Human Rights thinks that a deficient educational system and a lack of respect for human rights contributed to the Alexandria church bombing on New Year's Day. Furthermore, he says that human rights are abused because the laws that should uphold equal...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
Counselor Muqbil Shākir, Deputy Head of the National Council for Human Rights, told a delegation from the Freedom House, "We [Reviewer: the report did not clarify what Shākir meant by "we"] reject international monitoring because we have internal monitoring and a strong civil society."
He stressed...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2010
The Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox Church have recently finished writing reviews on education curriculum, as requested by the Egyptian Ministry of Education.
Head of the Center for Educational Evaluation and Examination, Dr. Salāh ‘Arafah, said that both entities agreed on developing various...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 27, 2010
At a monthly meeting, Vice President of the National Council for Human Rights Muqbil Shākir announced that he would not allow parliamentary candidates to campaign using religious slogans that could pose a threat to national unity. He added that the decision to shut down a number of religious...
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2010
The head of the Syndicate of Lawyers, Hamdī Khalīfah, told al-Wafd that the Grand Shaykh wanted to attend the conference but he instead had to go on a business trip to Luxor. He also said that Pope Shenouda III could not attend the conference because he was sick and was getting ready to leave for...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2010
This article outlines Sidhom’s concerns regarding the 2010 report by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) in relation to sectarian incidents in the past two years. He criticizes the report for not giving enough viable ways in which to alleviate the current situation of sectarian...
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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.