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Date of source: Saturday, November 15, 2008
In recent years the tensions between Christians and Muslims in Egypt have increased. In many cases Christians have been victims of violence. Is there any chance that religions can live together peacefully in the land of Nile? This is the question that Cornelis Hulsman sought to answer in his paper...
Date of source: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī rules that demonstrations and strikes are religiously prohibited and nonsense.
Date of source: Sunday, December 23, 2007
Majdī Khalīl believes that the Islamic Fiqh apparently denounces rights of citizenship as it is based on an idea that Islam is the homeland, so that inhabitants are either Muslims or Dhimmīs.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
The following presents an investigative report authored by Mads Akselbo Holm, an intern for Arab-West Report, on the issue of Muslims leaving their faith. This study provides an excellent background to the commotion caused by Muḥammad Ḥijāzī announcing his conversion to Christianity.
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2007
The article gives a brief overview of the controversial Islamic thinker Dr. Naṣr Ḥāmid Abū Zayd.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The following text presents a number of the most popular Islamic Dā‘iyahs in the modern time.
Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2007
The author discusses the current political trends in Egypt, and considers how history has shaped them. Is division in society a new phenomenon, was it pre-existing, and what should be addressed to strengthen society as a whole.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī files communiqu?©s to the General Prosecutor against those who he thinks abuse religion or have different opinions.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The following presents the opinion of Saad Eddin Ibrahim – one of the most outspoken critics of the Egyptian government, who was imprisoned from 2000-2003 for his critique. He is a liberal secularist, but as a result of his strong democratic stance, he defends the rights of all groups in society,...
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2007
The Administrative Court rejects the law-suit promoted by Yūsuf al-Badrī to have Wafā’ Constantine arraigning before the court to declare her religion. While Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī denounced the court’s rejection and claimed that Constantine was under forced residence in a Coptic monastery,...
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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.