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Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
On Sunday, a large number of independent and opposition members of parliament, including members of the "banned" Muslim Brotherhood, stormed out of a parliamentary session that was held to discuss substantial amendments to the judiciary law. This was in protest against a remark by the speaker of...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Thousands
of Egyptian riot police were deployed in central Cairo Thursday in an
attempt to quell demonstrations and disperse
opposition supporters, who took to the streets in support of
the judges’ demands for the independence of the
judiciary. Demonstrators were beaten up, streets and metro...
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006
Al-Musawwar had an interview with the vice-president of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Kamāl Abu al-Majd, where he discussed religious, legal, political and security problems in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, August 8, 2004
There are many examples to prove that Copts have minimal or absent share in the posts of governors, ministers, heads of state banks, state university presidents, as well as leading posts in the military and the police. All in all, it can be said that Copts occupy no more than zero to one per cent...
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
The 60-year-old Egyptian fundamentalist ‘Abboud al-Zumur – who was once a distinguished lieutenant colonel in the Army Intelligence – and the previous leader of al-Jihād Organization, declared his intention to stand as a candidate for the coming Egyptian presidential elections that are to be held...
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
Wearing a niqāb has become a haunting issue that rises every now and then; women insist on wearing it and disrespecting security aspects and customs of the society.
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2001
The Sheikh of the Azhar declared that it is permitted for a Muslim man to marry an Israeli woman because the Qur’an allows marriage between Muslims and people of the book [Christians and Jews]. This kind of marriage, according to the Grand Imam, was permitted only out of necessity and marriage to...
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2000
In this article, Mustafa Mahmoud expresses his view of art saying that the arts are all natural skills that we are all born with and they are all merciful gifts from God. However, because man perverts his gifts and uses them in sinful ways, art should not be left alone but criticized, questioned...
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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.