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Date of source: Saturday, October 31, 2015
Freedom House classified Egypt as “not free” with regards to freedom on the internet from June 2014-May 2015 in its latest report released on Tuesday.
Date of source: Saturday, October 31, 2015
A prisoner at Tora Prison died Thursday, due to what opposition blocs referred to as medical neglect by prison officials in providing necessary care.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 2, 2015
Egyptian security forces arrested two people on Wednesday on charges of creating and administrating more than 20 anti-government Facebook pages.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Minister of Interior Majdi `Abd al-Ghaffār met a group of journalists in his office on Monday to discuss police abuse and plans to confront terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, November 28, 2015
Minister of Irrigation, Hūsām al-Mūghāzī, dropped Sunday charges against Nāder Nūr al-Dīn, professor of agriculture at Cairo University, following weeks of solidarity initiatives and media concern over the case, state media reported.
Date of source: Thursday, October 15, 2015
The Tahyā Misr or 'Long Live Egypt' fund (account no. 306306) will launch a program to support factories that are facing difficulties in their operations in terms of donations, announced Executive Director Muhammad `Ashmāwī on Thursday.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Scholar and TV presenter Islām Al Behēri will serve a reduced sentence of one year in prison after the Misdemeanor Court of Misr al-Qadīma district, in central Cairo, announced Monday night that it will reduce the original five-year sentence issued on November 30, 2015.
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 2015
In their end of the year report, Dār al-Iftā', Egypt's foremost authority on religious edicts, announced that they have issued more than 630, 000 religious edicts (fatwas) in addition to several other accomplishments during the year 2015.
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Madbouly Bookstore in Cairo, that also functions as a publishing house, refused to publish and distribute a book of Hamdy Al-Assuity and Magdy Khalil entitled "Contempt of Religions in Egypt". The authors claim representatives from Al-Azhar and the Ministry of Religious Endowments put pressure on...
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Excerpts: Minister of Social Solidarity Ghada Wali who "is a part of Egypt’s delegation headed by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi that is partaking in the United Nations General Assembly, denied that the ministry received directives from any international, regional or local bodies on the work of...
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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.