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Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
This press review tackles the Sunni-Shiite clashes in Iraq, the Egyptian initiative forwarded by top Sunni Muslim scholars in Egypt to bring an end to the violence, and the exchanged assaults on the shrines of both sides.
Date of source: Sunday, November 20, 2005
The author reports on a seminar on the problems facing democratic change and the involvement of religion in politics.
Date of source: Monday, November 14, 2005
In the aftermath of violence and arson attacks that swept a number of French suburbs, French authorities have imposed curfew in a bid to curb riots and to restore public order.
Date of source: Monday, October 17, 2005
A press review of articles concerning the allegedly anti-Islamic play performed in the Mar Girgis Church in Alexandria, which prompted angry demonstrations from Muslims.
Date of source: Friday, July 5, 2002
The Editor-in-Chief of Al-Musawwar met with the five released leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya. They said that it is not allowed to declare a ruler an unbeliever in case there are certain circumstances that hinder him from applying some rules of the Islamic Shari’a. They added that if they did...
Date of source: Friday, June 28, 2002
The editor-in-chief of Al-Mussawar met with the leaders of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya imprisoned in Wadi Al-Natrun prison. The meeting focused on the initiative to stop violence and the group’s ideological revisions. The leaders re-emphasized that the initiative to stop violence is final and that they...
Date of source: Monday, June 24, 2002
Meunier gives the most negative interpretation possible to the interviews with extremists in Al Mussawar. He suggests it could be to polish their images for a wide Egyptian public. It helps according to Meunier to install the idea, despite their apologies for their deeds, that this is a path to...
Date of source: Friday, July 30, 2004
If you asked any Egyptian intellectual, regardless of
religious affiliation, whether Saad Eddin Ibrahim is entitled to advocate human rights,
constitutional change and the implementation of an all-inclusive program of political reform, the
answer would be “no.” This is because Saad Eddin Ibrahim...
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2001
The author commented on Tareq Al-Bishri’s article, in which he compared the attitude of the State towards the Coptic youth demonstrations against what Al-Nabaa published to the Azhar students’ demonstrations against the publication of the "Banquet for Seaweed." He believes that the State was very...
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2001
President Mubarak stressed that posts in Egypt were not distributed on a sectarian basis but on the basis of efficiency and merit and that there was no discrimination between Muslims and Copts. As for Al-Kosheh rulings, he stressed that there was no intervention in the rulings the court made....
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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.