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Date of source: Monday, February 9, 2015
Salāh Fadl, a prominent Arab intellectual, said that religious rhetoric represents the biggest threat to the Arab world. He added that in his view, religion is the most powerful force hindering progress in the Arab world. At a conference called “Religious Rhetoric and the Power of the Book,” he...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
The Administrative Court of Justice has decided to cancel the Supreme Council of Culture’s decision to award Poet Hilmī Sālim the State Prize for Excellence in literature.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies [CIHRS] has sent an appeal to the president of the republic and the speakers of both houses of Parliament called to amend Article Two of the Constitution that states that Islam is the religion of the state and Islamic sharīʿā is the main source of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 30, 2000
After recounting the consequences of publishing the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed", the writers expose their conversation with Sheikh Abu Al-Wafa Agor, the General Secretary of the Islamic Researches complex, in which he give his opinion concerning the events of the "Banquet".
Date of source: Saturday, May 20, 2000 to Friday, May 26, 2000
The State Security Prosecutor called four Egyptian intellectuals to give their testimony in the case of the controversial novel "A Banquet for seaweed," namely, Kamel Zoheiri, former head of the Syndicate of Journalists, Dr. Abdel Qader El-Qot, critic, Dr. Mustafa Mandour and Dr. Salah Fadl.
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.