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Date of source: Thursday, June 29, 2006
The author, who is the press advisor of Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, reviews some of the Pope’s main characteristics.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 4, 2006
The Shūrá [Consultative] Council has recently agreed to discuss proposed amendments to some articles of the penal code pertaining to the imprisonment of journalists in publication-related cases. In an attempt to express their opposition to the proposed draft law, a large number of journalists on...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
The
recent decision of the People’s Assembly to ban ‘The Da Vinci Code’ has provoked
considerable
controversy amongst Egyptian intellectuals, dividing opinions between those who defended the
movie on grounds of
freedom of expression and those who condemned it as blasphemous and misleading.
Date of source: Sunday, July 2, 2006
The review deals with the angry Coptic reactions after the medical
commission entrusted
with examining the Alexandria churches assailant’s mental health said in its report that
Mahmūd
Salāh al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Rāziq is delusional and schizophrenic and not
responsible for
his actions.
Date of source: Thursday, June 29, 2006
Muhammad ‘Alī Ibrāhīm analyzes the Muslim Brotherhood’s demand to make Islamic law, Sharī‘ah, the only source of legislation in the Egyptian Constitution.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Egyptian President
Muhammad Husnī
Mubārak yesterday opened the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo, recently renovated at a cost
of L.E. 30 million.
The renovation was made through a $300 million from the Japanese government, the
Egyptian minister of culture,
Fārouq Husnī said.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The Egyptian parliament yesterday debated the movie, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ at the request of several Coptic members, who demanded a ban on both the movie and the book for being blasphemous to Jesus Christ. The Egyptian minister of culture, Dr. Fārouq Husnī, vowed to ban the movie and to pull the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 17, 2006
The Foreign Affairs Ministry in Denmark has released
6,500 documents, numbering 55,000 pages, related to the abusive caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad, which
were
published last year causing a big crisis.
Date of source: Saturday, June 10, 2006 to Friday, June 16, 2006
A review of the
death of Father Matta al-Maskīn, who led a mystical life at the desert and was an inspiration to many
young
monks, at the age of 87.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
The Islamic-Christian Institution in
Jordan has recently issued a statement in
which it condemned The Da Vinci Code, saying the movie is a direct
assault on Christ which hurts the
religious sentiments of both Muslims and Christians.
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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.