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Date of source: Thursday, March 24, 2005
Before the opening of the Forth General Conference of Journalists in 2004, President Husnī Mubārak had declared his historical initiative of canceling imprisonment for publishing [or journalism] related crimes. Journalists are extremely worried because the status quo remains even after a year...
Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2005
Dr. Carl W. Ernst, a specialist in Islamic Studies, at the University of North Carolina has affirmed that the US is now witnessing an increasing number of those who wish to explore and know more about Islam.
Date of source: Friday, March 18, 2005
The Suggestions and Complaints Committee of the People’s Assembly discussed a draft law that would amend the criminal law with regard to the crime of extramarital sex. They referred to the unconstitutionality of the laws, currently in effect, as they are no longer conforming to the second article...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2005
Minister of State for the Shoura Council Affairs, Dr. Mufīd Shihāb, said that the U.S. new anti-Semitism law might become a security, political, and cultural weapon facing both Arabs and Muslims. He added that the United States, through this law, is actually trying to impose sanctions on any...
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
A British court upheld the right of a Muslim girl student to wear her hijāb [headscarf] inside her school in a case that sparked a public uproar reminiscent of the one in France about the hijāb in government schools.
Date of source: Friday, March 4, 2005
The United States continued its interference in Egyptian affairs as US Ambassador in Cairo David Welch called for urgent financial reforms as a key step towards overall reform.
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2005
The first Muslim-Christian dialogue sponsored by the Azhar and the Coptic Church
On March 15, the Grand Imam of the Azhar, shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark will commence the first conference on Muslim-Christian dialogue. The...
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2005
The Islamic Research Institute at al-Azhar issued a decree banning the circulation of a book called “al-Furqān al-Haqq” [The True Proof], which is considered as the forged American alternative to the Holy Qur’ān. This decision aims at protecting the Qur’ān from being altered or forged.
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2005
Many non-specialists have infiltrated the field of fatwas, especially by airing their opinions on satellite channels. Dr. ‘Alī Jumca, the Muftī of the Republic, warned against the spread of non-specialists in the field of the fatwa who have often appeared on the screens of satellite channels...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2005
In a meeting with a delegation from the Egyptian-German Dialogue committee, Minster of Endowments [Awqāf], Dr. Muhammad Hamdī Zaqzouq, contended that terrorism is an international phenomenon that has nothing to do with religion.
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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.