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Date of source:
The Supreme State Security Court sentenced Saad Eddin Ibrahim to seven years
imprisonment with hard labor.
Nadia Abdel Nour, the financial director of the Center, Khalid Fayad, Salwa
Hamid and Marwa Zaki were sentenced to
two years with hard labor. Another three defendants were sentenced
to...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001
Pope Shenouda issued a Papal decree to the effect that Christian clergy are not
allowed to run
in the elections of the People’s Assembly and the Shūrá Council. However, Archpriest Matta
Sawerus stressed that
the Pope did not issue such a decree as he had agreed to his nomination to represent...
Date of source:
The court of Cassation postponed
giving its opinion concerning the appeals filed against al-Kosheh rulings
by the Prosecutor General and the
four convicted defendants until the session of July 30. The upshot of the report,
the Cassation prosecution
introduced to the court was appealing against...
Date of source:
An
apostasy claim against Nawal al-
Sa’adawi -following the publishing of an interview in which she criticized Islām -
stirred up a social
debate on her opinions and raised fears for her life. al-Sa’adawi contested what she called
perfectly set
traps of the yellow papers in collusion with...
Date of source:
The
State Security Supreme Court decided to postpone the trial of Saad
Eddin Ibrahim to the 19th of the coming month.
Lawyer Abdel Haleem Mandour, who defends the fifth and sixth
defendants and known for being an Islamist, said that
he will not only defend his clients but all the
defendants,...
Date of source:
Lawyer Nabeeh al-Wahish introduced a notification against Dr. Nawal al-
Sa’adawi, in which he
accused her of dispising Islām and transgressing moralities. The Muftī, Dr. Nasr
Farid Wasel, said that he would
not comment on al-Wahish’s notification until al-Sa’adawi stands before
the court. If...
Date of source:
The Washington Post newspaper
published a statement directed from the Copts of Egypt to emigrant Copts. The statement stressed that Copts
in
Egypt are enjoying a good life and that the last three years witnessed the exertion of great efforts, on
the part
of the Egyptian government, to solve...
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 2008
The American delegation investigating religious freedoms in Egypt started its meetings with Egyptian prominent religious and public figures. The delegation’s visit to Egypt is receiving wide criticism by almost all Egyptian organisations, intellectuals, and political parties.
Date of source:
Both Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imām declared their rejection
of any foreign intervention
in the internal affairs of Egypt. The former said that he met the American committee to
defend Egypt and to
explain to its members that what the foreign press publishes and what the internet broadcasts...
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2001
The persons mentioned in the Pope’s list for the elections of the Majlis al-Millī were the winners in the elections. The opposition demanded reformation of the order governing the council, and explained their opinion that the elections, restricted to Copts over 25 years who either have a college...
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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.