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Egypt was angry about the stormy reactions that broke following the
sentence given to
Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The ruling renewed tension between Egypt and the U.S., which considers
Ibrahim an
American human rights activist. It condemned the ruling and started a new verbal war against the Cairo...
Date of source:
Nawal al-
Sa’adawi started defending herself against the
apostasy charges directed at her. She issued a statement in which
she criticized the defamation campaign
launched against her by a weekly paper. It was reported that she backed down
on her decision to confront
Mohammed Hassan al-Alfi,...
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The arrival of the American committee investigating religious freedom
in Egypt resulted in widespread
reactions from all Egyptian circles, which mostly rejected the committee’s
activity in Egypt. Pope Shenouda
rejects receiving the Congress’ committee and the Grand Shaykh said that
bonds...
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Lawyer Mamdouh Nakhla
said
that more than a lawsuit was filed to nullify the list of Tharwat Basili in the elections of the Majlis al-
Milli. The former head of the Patriarchate Media Center denied being one of the opposition. Dr. Mamdouh
Bushra
Wissa asked for judicial supervision over the...
Date of source:
All the papers that
addressed the issue of the services building of the Church of Shubra al-Khaymah recounted the
whole story of
its destruction, at the hands of the local authorities. Rose al-Youssef published two letters
thanking
President Mubarak for his decision concerning the rebuilding...
Date of source: Thursday, March 1, 2001
The victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in the elections of the Bar Association revealed their increasing political influence in Egypt following their recent victory in the parliamentary elections. The Bar association elections revealed the ruling party’s crisis, as it failed to confront the Islamic...
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Pope Shenouda announced his
"Marmorqos"
[St. Mark] list of competitors in the Majlis al-Millī elections. He said that not only should the
candidate
be a good person, but that he is required to work in harmony with the rest of the members. There are a
small number of candidates from the...
Date of source:
The elections
of the Bar Association were postponed until February 24
because the quorum required by law was not
achieved. The Brotherhood declared its support for the government’s
candidate for the Association’s top
post, claiming that he was the best candidate. They also included the name of...
Date of source:
The Supreme Court of State Security sentenced Salah
El-Dīn Mohsen, who is accused of disdaining
religions, to three years hard labor. The court also ruled that all of
his books should be confiscated
because they contain extremist thoughts and defame the Divine Being. Mohsen said
that he was...
Date of source:
The
Sheikh of Azhar’s withdrawal of his call to Muslims to visit the Aqs...
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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.