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Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
The author comments on a few websites that he believes raise inappropriate questions about the religious situation in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
The article gives an account and a brief history of the most influential contemporary figures of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, particularly those in the Irshād [Guidance] Office.
Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
Despite a court ruling five years ago canceling the annual Jewish celebration at the tomb of Rabbi Abu Hasīra in the Delta city of Damanhour, al-Bihīra Governorate, the Egyptian government has allowed over 1000 Jewish personalities, to hold their annual festival.
Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
The decision of the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a to allow the controversial Wahabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad, by Natana J. De Long-Bas into Egypt has provoked dispute among members of the Islamic Research Academy, who had previously announced their disapproval of the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
In preparation for the forthcoming Egyptian municipal elections, the Muslim Brotherhood is reported to have made deals with the Coptic Orthodox Church, in an attempt to stop spreading rumors about disputes between the group and Egypt’s Copts and to administer a conclusive defeat to the ruling...
Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
Khālid Bura‘ī presents a list of banned books in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 30, 2006
Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he personally condemned the cartoons published in Jyllands-Posten. In an interview with the Danish TV2 station, Rasmussen said that he respected religious beliefs and that would prevent him from depicting Muhammad, Jesus or any other religious symbol...
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
48-year-old Muhammad Hasan Abu Tālib, an employee at the Drinking Water Authority at the Mīnyā al-Qamh Center, al-Sharqīya Governorate, is claimed to have been battered to death in a fierce fight with four Christian neighbors, ‘Alā’, Sāmī, Zakī and Wā’il. Locals fear that the incident could...
Date of source: Sunday, January 8, 2006
Egyptian authorities have detained hundreds of Sudanese refugees in several camps in preparation to deport those who have no UNHCR registry documents. About three million Sudanese are living in Egypt; most of them are crushed by abject poverty, including 50 million refugees and asylum seekers, with...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2006
The author says that al-Maydān, an independent newspaper, is refuting allegations propagated by a Coptic web site, Coptichistory.org, owned by ‘Izzat Andarāwus, about the abduction of Coptic girls to force them to convert to Islam. The paper says that it interviewed a girl, Wafā’ Rā’fat ‘Adlī, who...
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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.