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Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2002
The new terms stipulated by the Ministry of Endowments for building mosques caused a debate between Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary members and the Egyptian government. The Brotherhood accused the government of creating obstacles to building new mosques in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, May 17, 2002
Brotherhood Parliamentary members want to discuss the budget allocated to the Azhar and the educational syllabuses taught in the Azhar University. On the grounds that the Grand Imam cannot be asked, they will question Dr. Atif Ebeid about omitting Jihad verses from the educational syllabuses of the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 2004
In an address read by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid on behalf of the president at the Sixteenth conference of the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs, President Mubarak urged the necessity of “eliminating the distorted images each party has of the other.” The conference was inaugurated in Cairo...
Date of source: Saturday, May 29, 2004
President Mubarak’s message at the Sixteenth conference of the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs was read by Prime Minister Atef Ebeid; the president stated that the world needs peace and security and effort towards further understanding between nations and to bring about cooperation between...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
Next Saturday, the Coptic researcher, Nabil Luqa Bebawy will discuss his Ph.D thesis. titled “The Rights and Duties of Christians in Muslim Countries and How they Affect National Security.” at the headquarters of the Faculty of High Education at the Police Academy.
Bebawy explained that he sought...
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2004
The Egyptian minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments] Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq denied reports in an independent Egyptian newspapers claiming the presence of American pressure on Egypt to limit the construction of mosques.
On another level, the Azhar strongly denied what an independent Egyptian...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
When I. visited the monastery of the Holy Virgin on the Western Mountain of Dronka in Assiut, I saw at the foot of the mountain a vast area covered with gloomy brushwood. The monastery tried hard to clean up the area and cultivate it with timber-producing woods—watered by the drained water—but the...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
I think that the Prime Minister Dr. Atef Ebeid did not consult the Grand Imam of the Azhar before making his decision that orders stopping the building of Azharite Institutes and bring some of them under the authority of the Ministry of Education.
The Azhar graduated thousands of renowned scholars...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Finally, one year after the United States of America announced the so-called renewal of religious discourse, Mr. Bush was able to achieve what he wanted. Our Prime Minister, God forgive him, surprised us with a shocking decree which he dictated to governors in their last assembly. The decree, which...
Date of source: Friday, January 9, 2004
Most of the Egyptian papers
and magazines devoted full pages to congratulate Christians on Christmas. Christian and Muslim
writers believe that January 7 is considered a vivid exampleof Egyptian national unity.
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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.