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Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2008
The article presents fears over the performance of the press.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Four Egyptian editors have been sentenced to a one-year jail sentence with hard labor and given fines for publishing false information about President Husnī Mubārak suffering from a serious health condition to undermine national security. The following report discusses the reactions of the four...
Date of source: Sunday, September 16, 2007
The annual report of the State Department-affiliated U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom [USCIRF] on Egypt that was released on September 14, 2007 has created a lot of controversy within intellectual circles in Egypt.
Date of source:
National pride has led Egypt to
strongly criticize the American decision to freeze additional foreign aid to Egypt in protest of the prosecution of
human rights activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Observers believe the decision is an effort to influence Egyptian
policies.
Date of source: Saturday, February 17, 2007
A study entitled, ‘Angst-ridden Germans Look for Answers and Find them in the Qur’ān,’ published by German magazine Der Spiegel revealed that the number of Germans who converted to Islām has increased fourfold in comparison to the previous years, despite the negative perception of Islām among the...
Date of source:
Italy’s Prime
Minister Silvio Berlusconi stated that he read about Islām and found out that all of what he read was
absurd and
could not be compared to the Western civilization, which he said was superior to Islām. He also
associated between
Islam and those who are anti-globalization and said...
Date of source: Thursday, December 4, 2003 to Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Saad Eddin Ibrahim struck back 29 November against what he termed a "campaign of hatred" conducted in the Egyptian press against himself and the Ibn Khaldoun Center, but not before members of the center´s board resigned amidst a firestorm of press criticism of Ibrahim. Art. 3 – we weren´t...
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2003
The article comments on the “provoking” activities of the American Embassy in Egypt. One of these activities is attacking the Egyptian press. The American ambassador to Egypt is no longer content with attacking the opposition or independent papers. He is now attacking national papers like Al-Akhbar...
Date of source: Thursday, November 7, 2002
The series “Knight Without a Horse” aroused debate in the Egyptian and Arab press. Most writers supported the airing of the series, but a few criticized Egypt´s obsession with anti-Semitic writings. The Egyptian Information Minister stated that the series contains nothing that can be considered...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
Journalists are now among those who are most frequently called up to the judge’s chambers. In
the past two months, 28 complaints have been filed against journalists in addition to 400 other
complaints that are under investigation.
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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.