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Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2001
Nairouz
[Coptic new years’ day]
is originally a Persian word that means the new day. The Pharaohs were the first
ones to celebrate the Nayrūz. As
a Christian feast, it continued to be celebrated during the Islamic rule
of Egypt and Muslim rulers gave it special
attention.
Date of source:
The Appeal Court rejected an
appeal presented by
Mamdouh Mahran’s defense to change the members of the jury. It was proved to the appeal court
that there
was no animosity between the judge and the defendant, and therefore the appeal did not rely on real
reasons.
Date of source:
The Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court decided to suspend the examination of
the cases against Al
-Nabaa and Akher Khabar newspapers until it has made a decision concerning the request from the
defense to
change the members of the jury. The head of the court said that the reasons the...
Date of source:
President Mubarak
received
Pope Shenouda in Ras al-Tin palace. In a two hour meeting the president and the pope discussed issues
concerning Copts and how to maintain national unity. Neither party made a statement after the meeting.
Date of source:
Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
Date of source:
Mamdouh Mahran, chief
editor of the weekly al-Nabaa, claimed that a former Coptic monk had
practiced prostitution inside the
church. Mahran was highly criticized in Egyptian media and was
accused of
damaging national unity. His
article provoked angry protests by Copts in Assiut and in the main...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2001
The return of the four Christian girls from Malawi ended the rumors that they were kidnapped and raped by Muslim extremist groups in order to force them to turn to Islām.
Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2001
The USA criticized the way the Egyptian authorities dealt with the case of the Ibn Khaldoun Center and the sentence the Supreme Court of State Security pronounced upon its head, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Egyptian official sources denied that such an American criticism might lead to Ibrahim’s...
Date of source:
The Prosecutor
General ordered the freezing of the judicial investigation of
Nawal al-Sa’adawi, concerning the
notification, lawyer Nabih al-Wahish introduced against her. After the
investigation he ordered her
acquittal because nothing in the notification indicated that she had committed an...
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...
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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.