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Date of source: Wednesday, July 19, 2006
The author writes about the history and current status of the Coptic
Museum, having been recently
inaugurated by President Mubārak after restoration works.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Egyptian President
Muhammad Husnī
Mubārak yesterday opened the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo, recently renovated at a cost
of L.E. 30 million.
The renovation was made through a $300 million from the Japanese government, the
Egyptian minister of culture,
Fārouq Husnī said.
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: Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Minister of Culture Farūq Husnī forbade the printing of a book entitled, ‘Al-Ṣūrah al-Insānīyah wa-al-Ṣūrah al-Muqaddasah’ [Humanitarian Picture and Sacred Picture] written by Ahmad ‘Abd al-Halīm ‘Atīyah, which contained pictures of the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
The Egyptian Minister of Culture decided that Egypt will contribute a huge stone of Assuan granite to the monument for the Unknown Child in The Netherlands. His decision was followed by the visit of Mirjam and Sil van Oort, two representatives of the Rose Foundation, between December 7 and 17 2003...
Date of source: Thursday, December 25, 2003
The Alexandria Administrative Court nullified the decision of the Minister of Culture, which classified the shrine of Abu Hasera and the Jewish cemetery next to it among Islamic and Coptic antiquities. As a result, the celebrations of the mulid of Abu Hasera, which takes place from the 25th of...
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2003
Correspondence with an American Jihad sympathizer that shows there is much distrust of efforts to promote dialogue.
Media attention for AWR.
Date of source: Sunday, November 23, 2003
Dr. Abd el-Mon´em Abu Al-Fotouh, Muslim Brotherhood member, denied that the group has any intention to escalate the campaign against poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi´s book “Commandments on Loving Women.” He asserted that the issue is now being handled between the Azhar and the Ministry of Culture,...
Date of source: Thursday, November 13, 2003
The article reports about the developments of the crisis between MPs affiliated to the Brotherhood and the Minister of Culture over the book “Commandments on Loving Women” by Ahmed Al-Shahawi which was published by the Book Organization and recommended to be banned by the Islamic Research Institute...
Date of source: Monday, September 1, 2003
The article reviews the history of the crisis of Saint Antonius Monastery which began in 1992 when the Minister of Culture issued a decision ordering the erection of a wall to guarantee that the historic site be adequately protected and preserved for its numerous local and international visitors.
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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.