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Date of source: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq said Christians are full partners in the nation, pledging if he won the elections, he would choose a highly-efficient Christian woman as vice president to cover religion and sex in the same time. [Ashraf Sharaf and Sarhān Sinnārah, al-Akhbār, May 16, p. 5] Read...
Date of source: Monday, March 21, 2011
Hamdi Rizq writes that Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah, muftī of the republic, pointed to the possibility of his resignation if article two of the constitution is canceled. Article two lists that Islam is the religion of the country, and Islamic Sharī‘ah is the principal source of legislation. Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘ah...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
AWR's Diana Māhir Ghālī recaps the opinion pieces from Wednesday's Egyptian newspapers dealing with the New Year's terrorist attack on an Alexandria church...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
Participants at a forum held by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services on Friday called upon the People's Assembly to take up the idea of forming a social charter on citizenship and dialogue, as well as to work toward passage of legislation to confront those who stir Fitnah Tā’...
Date of source: Friday, December 28, 2007
Hamdī Rizq reports on a cleavage in the Muslim Brotherhood that started in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Beni Suef a few months ago.
Date of source: Monday, March 24, 2008
Ṭāriq Ḥasan comments on a recent statement from an actor in the Egyptian Tax Authority’s TV commercial campaign in which he said he would not renew his contract for further campaigns because collecting taxes from the poor in order to give them to the state is ḥarām.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
The continuous attacks on Copts decrease their sense of patriotism. The author expresses his devastation with the declarations of the general guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood against Copts.
Date of source: Friday, December 7, 2007
A former deputy of the secretary-general of the dissolved Azhar Scholars Front, Dr. Yahyá Hablūsh, has launched a Web site from Kuwait, claiming that it is a step toward reviving the front.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
The article discusses the annual Coptic Youth Conference, and the new addition to the agenda that will be discussed, namely the political participation of the youth.
Date of source: Sunday, October 14, 2007
The press has become a business in Egypt. Well known businessmen and bankers have considerable shares in publishing houses and press corporations.
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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.