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Date of source: Tuesday, December 6, 2005
The Center for Arab-West Understanding (CAWU) is regularly asked about the claims of Christian refugee seekers. This time the request came from Benoأ®t Forget, an analyst in a Belgian refugee office, for information about Christian asylum seekers from Egypt. CAWU is able to answer his questions...
Date of source: Sunday, December 4, 2005
A speech delivered by Magdi Khalil at the "Status of Democracy and Freedoms in the Middle East” Conference, held in Washington during the period 16-19 November 2005, in which he discusses the definition of a minority, and the international community rules in relation to the treatment of minority...
Date of source: Sunday, November 20, 2005
The author discusses the persecution of Copts in Egypt and his hopes that democracy in Egypt will improve the Copts’ situation. He looks to Europe and the United Nations for examples of defeating persecution and discusses the legitimacy of foreign intervention in matters concerning human rights.
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2005
After an elaborate praise of the pope the author lists violence directed against Copts. He rejected Egyptian media coverage that often describes violence as "unfortunate incidents,” "a clash provoked by both sides” and "acts of violence carried out by extremists from both sides”. Not once did they...
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
A discussion about Tariq Ramadān, his roots and ideology.
Date of source: Sunday, October 2, 2005
Michael Munīr, head of the US Copts Association, denied statements purportedly made by Abādīr that he "would spur the United States to intervene, no matter whether Egypt was burned down, because the Copts were exterminated and forced to convert to Islam; and the issue will be referred to the UN.”
Date of source: Monday, October 3, 2005
The wife of the leader of the banned Egyptian Islamic group al-Jamā‘a al-Islāmīya, Dr. ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān, who is serving a life sentence in U.S. jails, says that her husband’s health is deteriorating due to lack of medical care in U.S. prisons.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Jamāl As‘ad argues that Copts have long been treated as a foreign community in Egypt and that Amercain Copts are fuelling sectarian tensions in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
The ferocious attack waged by Egyptian press against Zurich Conference, held in mid-September to discuss the affairs of the Coptic minority in Egypt, mirrored the government’s serious role to abort bids to establish democracy.
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
Despite being founded only nine months ago, many people have started to bring charges against The National Council for Human Rights. We went to Dr. Botros Ghali, head of the NCHR, to answer people’s inquiries about the prospective role of the Council. In fact, Dr. Botros Ghali was so frank and...
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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.