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Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday preachers from different Cairo mosques focused yesterday on the events of fitnah of 'Ātfīh which Egypt's been witnessing lately. The preachers stressed the duty to protect Christians and their worship places as directed by Islamic sharī'ah.
In al-Rushdān mosque in Nasr City, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah...
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2010
Over 4,000 protesters engaged in demonstrations outside the al-Qā’id Ibrāhīm Mosque in Alexandria yesterday, demanding the release of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and chanting against everyone responsible for her converting back to Christianity after announcing her conversion to Islam. The demonstrators were...
Date of source: Thursday, November 4, 2010
As soon as the Coptic Orthodox Church announced its decision to go on with celebrations for Pope Shenouda III’s “39 Years as Pope” celebrations at Wādī al-Natrūn, al-Qā‘idah announced the expiration of the ultimatum the group had given the church to release the allegedly detained converts held in...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2007
The Shūrá Council has agreed to acknowledge a four-article bill prohibiting demonstrations in houses of worship. Opposition, as well as religious figures, accuse the draft law of stifling freedom.
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2002
The article cites parts of John Esposito´s book “The Islamic Threat…a Reality Or a Fable.” The book gives a critique of President Mubarak´s regime and of how he countered Islamic groups.
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2001
Nawal Al-Sa’adawi attacked the cultural scene in Egypt. She criticized the lack of freedom of writers, and protested about confiscation of her books. Another incident that upset the government was the High Administrative Court’s reversal of a government decision to change ownership of Al-Nour...
Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2000
Through an interview with Yasser Al-Serri, one the most famous Egyptian extremists, now living in London, the writer exposed the opportunism of the extremists and their mercurial ability at tailoring the Halal and Haram [permitted and forbidden according to Islam] to suit their purposes. While...
Date of source: Monday, May 8, 2000 to Thursday, May 11, 2000
Hundreds of people gathered at the conference of the Labor Party to protest and condemn the controversial novel "Banquet for the Seaweed". They urged the state to destitute the Minister of Culture. Adel Hussein, the secretary-general of the Labor Party, claimed that there is a Zionist plan and...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 1999
Nobody ever thought that the young man dressed in a suit and tarboush [head cover used widely in Egypt until the 1950’s], sitting in a cafe in [the city of] Ismailia with some of his friends, would be the founder of the biggest violent group in Egypt throughout the twentieth century. That was in...
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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.