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Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 1999
Dr Saad Eddin Ibrahim, director of Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, surprised everyone when he declared that the Minister of Education Dr. Hussein Kamal Bahaa Eddin had participated in discussions and symposia conducted by the Center on improving the religion curricula taught at pre-...
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: Tuesday, May 25, 1999
Members of parliament asked for more clarification concerning the issue of the curriculum produced by the Ibn Khaldoun Centre that was supposedly accepted and approved by the Minister of Education Dr. Hussein Kamal Bahaa’ Eddin.
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: Thursday, May 13, 1999 to Wednesday, May 19, 1999
The Administrative Court on Sunday annulled a decree issued last June by Cairo Governor Abdel Rahim Shehata dissolving the board of directors of the Front of Al-Azhar ’Ulama.
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
It is certain that there will be fewer marriage proposals made by rapists to their victims, now that the People’s Assembly has approved the annulment of clause 291 of the Penal Code, which waives aside criminal charges against a rapist if he offers to marry his victim. The removal of the clause is...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999
Desiring to end the problems caused by differences among the Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant orders, 43-year old agricultural engineer Milad Sobhi intends to start a new one of his own, cashing in on the nagging problem of divorce to rally support for his call.
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 1999
An interview between Rafa’t Al-Sa’id of the Tagammu’ Party (who is fiercely critical of the Muslim Brotherhood), and Saleem ’Azouz (the interviewer). He says: "A religious [political] party will start or directly lead to terrorism. I tell you frankly that politicization of religion or...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
Sheikh Nasr Farid Wasel, the Grand Mufti of the Republic, took parliamentarians by surprise last week when he objected to a government-sponsored draft law imposing an entrance tax on a wide range of places of entertainment.
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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.