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Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 1999
The detailed [US] report on Egypt states that the Egyptian constitution ensures the freedom of belief and the right to exercise the religious rituals within certain limitations portrayed by the state.
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 1999
Youssef Sidhom discusses the report Religious Freedom in the world. Many governments have pledged not to resort to any means of discrimination between its citizens based on religion. Despite this, there are some countries where there is a difference between pledges and practices, where religious...
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 1999
Youssef Sidhom, editor-in-chief of the Coptic weekly Watani shows his high regard for President Mubarak.
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 1999
This Freedom from Religious Persecution Act gives America the right to interfere in diplomatic ways to the concerned governments and if a government does not respond, it is the right of the U.S. administration to impose any sanctions that it (the U.S.) sees fit. The author stresses that several...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 1999
The truth should be known but the situation in Egypt remaining fixed in non-transparency resulting in public mistrust of whatever comes from the official mass media sources in their country. Thus we loose our trustworthiness, and in addition we contribute in the creation of an environment conducive...
Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 1999
President Mubarak stated that he will not hesitate to further any changes that will strengthen the participation of civil society in developing the country. We should neither under-estimate this opportunity, nor should we look down cynically on ourselves, because we may think that we alone cannot...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
In the secular societies, religion is not considered as one of the main foundations on which the country, its constitution, and principal law are based. Accordingly, all the citizens of this country will not feel any discrimination whether they are Christians, Muslims or Jews. But if the society...
Date of source: Sunday, August 15, 1999
The hopes and expectations for Mubarak’s coming period of presidency are summarized by a well known Christian columnist.
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
Frequently questions are asked about why this accident had to happen. Was it a punishment of God? Was it a terrorist attack directed against Christians? The author ponders a number of answers given by Christians and Muslims in Egypt as well as questions asked and claims made by Coptic organizations...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
The author relates two different versions of the accident which happened on Friday July 23, 1999 involving a truck and two buses carrying young people from Mar Girgis Church in Heliopolis in which many of the bus passengers died. He asks what will happen regarding the department which issued the...
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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.