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Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2010
The head of the Islamic Observatory of Resistance to Christianization, Khaled Harby, claims that the police arrested four of the Amr Ibn El-Aas demonstration organizers. Harby added that when a number of attorneys and he tried to find out where the organizers were being held, the authorities denied...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2010
The people demanding Kamilia's right to convert to Islam are the same people who demand the killing of anyone who questions the Hadith or support a modern interpretation of the Qur'ān. They believe that apostasy should be punishable by death and threaten anyone who claims otherwise. These people...
Date of source: Monday, September 13, 2010
The writer thought that the video showing Kamilia Shehata denying her conversion to Islam would put an end to the public debate over the matter, but this did not happen. Within a few hours after the release of the video, 1,500 comments were posted. These comments were full of hatred and bias from...
Date of source: Sunday, September 12, 2010
Abba Ibram, Bishop of Faiyum, negated claims by monks at the Abba Makarious Monastery that local authorities assaulted the monks during a disagreement that started when the monks beginning to illegally build on a natural reserve. Local authority officials later filed a case against the monks,...
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2010
In his column for Al-Dustūr, Wael Abdel Fattah said, "And so the Kamilia case transformed into a religious war when, in reality, the war isn't one of religion but one of who will get to control the herd of cattle. Kamilia's significance lies in her being the symbol of that war."
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Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2010
Jibrā'īl says Kamilia's video saved him the effort of engaging in a debate on live television with Abu Yehia who falsely claimed to have legal papers that prove her conversion to Islam. Jibrā'īl added that by spreading such lies Abu Yehia put national unity at stake.
Key Words: Najīb Jibrā'īl -...
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2010
Kheir criticizes people's obsession with the current surfacing videos made by Coptic women announcing whether they have or have not converted to Islam. He says that a person changing their religion doesn't make one religion any greater than the other. He says, "it seems like someone keeps on trying...
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2010
Local authorities struggled with demonstrators outside the Amr Ibn El-Aas mosque after the Eid prayers, protesting what they called the appearance of a Kamilia Shehata "look alike" in an online video denying her conversion to Islam. The protesters demanded international intervention in the case and...
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2010
Mohamed Raafat Othman called the Grand Mufti's comments on the Kamilia Shehata case "contradictory" as the Grand Mufti once said it was permissible for Kamilia to be handed over to the Church, and then later on said it was unacceptable. Islamic Philosophy Professor Amina Nasr added that what...
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 2010
Tarek Al-Zomor claims that all political systems, liberal and authoritarian alike, have the same goal: to resist change and preserve the status quo. On the other hand, says Tarek, the Koran tells us through the story of Moses and The Pharaoh that change is beneficial.
Key Words: Ad-Dukhan: 31 -...
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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.