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Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
The Egyptian press is still focusing on the case of the four editors-in-chief who were sentenced to jail for spreading rumors and false information about President Mubārak’s health condition. While some observers denounce the jail penalty, others believe that journalists who do not adhere to the...
Date of source:
Egypt’s Syndicate of Journalists and the independent newspaper al-Misrī al-Yawm embarked on taking the necessary legal procedures to have the sentence of one-year term in jail and a fine of 10,000 Egyptian pounds against each one of three journalists suspended.
Date of source: Sunday, February 24, 2002
A delegation representing the German
Evangelical churches condoled with the governor of Giza over the accident of the train of Upper Egypt. The
delegation expressed its great sorrow at this sad accident.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 4, 2006
The Shūrá [Consultative] Council has recently agreed to discuss proposed amendments to some articles of the penal code pertaining to the imprisonment of journalists in publication-related cases. In an attempt to express their opposition to the proposed draft law, a large number of journalists on...
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
The Egyptian government is appealing a court
ruling in favor of
recognizing the Bahā’ī faith. Islamic clerics deem confessors of this religion
apostates.
Suspicious over Bahā’īs being agents of Zionist interests in Egypt are raised.
Date of source: Monday, November 10, 2003
The prosecution of the northern Upper-Egyptian city of Al-Ayyat started investigating the clashes that took place two days ago between Muslims and Copts leaving five people injured. The clashes flared up as a result of a dispute over attempts to turn a library into a church.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
The author refers to news about the release of thee British prisoners who were sentenced to five years imprisonment each in the case of Hizb al-Tahrīr.
Date of source: Sunday, February 26, 2006
The writers discuss the failure to enact a law, promised two years ago by President Mubārak, to cancel the imprisonment penalty against journalists in publishing cases, citing several recent rulings of imprisonment against journalists.
Date of source: Sunday, October 30, 2005
Some Egyptian NGO’s have filed a lawsuit against the Supreme Committee concerned with observing the parliamentary elections, arguing that they pose an obstacle to observing the elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2005
As parliamentary elections loom, several NGO’s have applied for permission to monitor the polls.
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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.