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Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2000
Everybody, Muslims and Copts are meeting in a workshop prepared by the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development for the preparatory and secondary stage students in Faayed. They come from everywhere in Egypt to study the suggested topics for the educational curricula for the preparatory and secondary...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2000
Dr. Hussein Kamel Bahaa’ Eddin has decided that some officials should to be investigated for preventing a Christian teacher from teaching Arabic language syllabuses because they contain verses from the Holy Qur’an. The minister also decided that Christian teachers are to resume teaching Arabic...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
Sub-title: The Prophet did not kill any Muslim who renounced his religion The book of the Islamic intellectual Gamal Al-Banna "Islam and the freedom of thought" which was issued lately, raised many questions concerning the issue of apostasy. This is an interview with Gamal Al-Banna who says: "My...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2000
The incidents in Al-Koshh have been controlled after the number of victims increased to twenty dead and thirty-five injured. The conflicts between the inhabitants have also resulted in the burning of two cars and destruction of thirty-three shops. A responsible security official of the Ministry of...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 1999
There is a law prohibiting private lessons, to preserve social peace which is important and preserve the billions lost, which is more important. There is an obligation that young female students do not wear the higab [veil] without their guardians knowing about this. There is a recommendation to...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 22, 1999
Reasons are given why some women wear the headscarf and sometimes even cover their face with the nigab and why others don’t do this.
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 1999
Dr. Hussein Bahaa’ Eddin accused an Islamic group of spreading rumors about the Ministry of Education perverting the Holy Hadiths [the Islamic traditions concerning the Prophet Mohammed and other prophets] in the educational syllabuses, deleting some of the Qur’anic verses, and [by the ministry...
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
Infringement on personal freedom or sound educational policy? The ban on wearing the niqab, or full face-veil, in schools has stirred intense controversy and a lengthy legal battle ever since it was issued by Minister of Education Hussein Kamel Bahaaeddin in 1994. The legal wrangle came to an end...
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
The High Administrative Court has decided to ban students from entering schools while wearing a niqab (full-face veil).
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999 to Wednesday, July 28, 1999
A court has banned Egyptian schoolgirls from wearing a full-face veil ending a five-year legal battle between Islamic fundamentalist lawyers and the education minister.
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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.