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Date of source: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Human rights centers in Egypt have stated that 27 sectarian events took place in the country in the last eight months. However, only four of these incidents were discussed in parliament. In addition many MPs believe that discussing sectarian incidents will only ignite more strife and add to...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
A Danish grant which amounts to 24 million pounds renews the crisis over the offensive cartoons which were offensive towards the Prophet Muhammad. Muslim Brotherhood members of parliament believe that accepting the grant designed to establish a new branch of Mubārak’s library in al-Zāwiyyah al-...
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2007
The spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church declares that the Coptic problem does not lie in article two of the Constitution, but in the manner in which this article can be applied or interpreted. Justice implies specifying Islamic Sharī‘ah as “a” main source of legislation rather than “the” main...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2006
This review discusses political responses to Fārūq Husnī’s controversial statements on the Ḥijāb.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The Egyptian parliament yesterday debated the movie, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ at the request of several Coptic members, who demanded a ban on both the movie and the book for being blasphemous to Jesus Christ. The Egyptian minister of culture, Dr. Fārouq Husnī, vowed to ban the movie and to pull the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 25, 2006
The
review highlights the Muslim Brotherhood’s position during the judges crisis that has recently gripped the
nation, amidst accusations that the outlawed group is trying to take advantage of the crisis to escalate its
confrontation with the regime.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006
A People’s Assembly session was dedicated to debating
the assaults on
churches in Alexandria by an allegedly insane Muslim man, who stabbed one worshipper to death and
injured
several others. The session also discussed the failure of the security agencies to stop the culprit.
Date of source: Saturday, September 8, 2001
The Misdemeanor Court sentenced the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Nabaa to two years imprisonment with labor, ordered him to pay 2000 LE as bail and 2001 LE as a fine for defaming Dr. Abdel Ahad Gamal Eddin.
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.