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Date of source: Friday, April 11, 2008
The under-secretary of the People’s Assembly Dr. Zaynab Radwān has called for the fatwás of Imām Mālik to be avoided as they pervert society.
Date of source: Thursday, June 26, 2008
While monks resume their sit-in at the monastery of Abū Fānā, Coptic communities abroad are organizing demonstrations protesting the incidents. The following presents an up-to-date review of the aftermath of the Abū Fānā attacks.
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Like an earthquake with several “aftershocks;”...
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2008
Members of tribal communities attacked a Coptic Orthodox monastery in al-Minia. The vandals destroyed buildings that are owned by the monastery and set fire to the monastery’s farm. Moreover, they abducted three monks and insulted and tortured them for hours.
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Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2008
A Palestinian shaykh from the city of Khān Yūnus has issued a fatwá calling for Egyptian troops on the Egypt-Gaza border to be killed if they resist any Palestinian overthrow of the border fence.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
A newly released bill on children has obtained widespread rejection as being purportedly violating the Islamic Sharī‘ah as well as bases of the culture.
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2008
The article describes a homicidal incident which involved two brothers who killed their sister to avenge the family’s honor and dignity.
Date of source: Friday, March 21, 2008
Islamic scholars have rejected a Ministry of Health decision to prevent nurses from wearing the niqāb during working hours.
Date of source: Sunday, March 23, 2008
The article analyzes the reverberations of the republication of a blasphemous caricature of the Prophet Muhammad by many Danish and European newspapers.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
The Egyptian press continues to devote attention to the different reactions to the Supreme Administrative Court ruling allowing Christian divorcees to remarry. The church rejected the ruling and considered it against the Bible and church codes. Some authors highlighted the tragic influence of the...
Date of source: Friday, March 14, 2008
The article presents the reactions of Egyptian newspapers to the increasing offensives against the Prophet Muhammad in Western media.
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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.