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Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Egypt’s Administrative Court has upheld a previous ruling requiring that the Coptic Orthodox Church issue remarriage licenses for divorcees. Presiding judge Kamāl Lam‘ī rejected the two appeals because he says they failed to provide any convincing reason to overturn the prior ruling, which was...
Date of source: Monday, November 29, 2010
Du‘ā’ talks about the race for the quota of women’s seats in parliament, which she claims to be – like the whole elections – marred by accusations of violence, vote-buying, and fraud. She visited the female-only poll stations and talked to a few voters who made it clear they were not interested in...
Date of source: Monday, November 29, 2010
Du‘ā’ talks about why Egyptians never vote. She talks to a number of random Egyptian citizens who make it clear that they do not vote because they know for a fact that the elections are “settled in advance.” They are also afraid of the infamous violence that occurs at polling centers. “The majority...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
The article talks about Pope Shenouda III’s courtesy visit to the Azhar, where he congratulated Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib on the ‘Īd al-Adhá, which coincides with the Pope’s 39th anniversary of ordination. They said that the Azhar and the Coptic Orthodox Church reject calls for fitnah tā’ifīyah...
Date of source: Sunday, November 14, 2010
The author criticizes Archbishop Athanasius Dāwūd’s call upon Iraqi Christians to flee their country because of al-Qā‘idah’s threats. He says that the call gives the impression that Arab Christians are guests in the Arab world who should flee to the West as soon as they sense danger. He also says...
Date of source: Thursday, June 26, 2008
The author discusses the importance of language, particularly as it relates to the mis-communication that can often happen when languages are being translated due to cultural differences that may not necessarily hold true across cultures and languages.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Ragab was shocked reading an article in the Washington Post attacking the court which sentenced Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. Ragab called the writer ‘unfair.´ More upsetting was that the writer argued that the court ruling did not conform with the $2 billion which represents the annual US aid to...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 31, 2002
Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher was upset about a US Embassy statement about the verdict against Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, saying that it was very uncommon for any embassy to make a statement of a court order.
Date of source: Sunday, July 7, 2002
The article is the result of a RNSAW-trip to Upper Egypt [RNSAW, 2002, week 25, art. 1]. On the occasion of the arrival of the Holy Family in Egypt, the author recounts her experience of going on the route of the Holy Family with a group of foreigners and tourists led by Drs. Cornelis Hulsman. The...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2005
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested the opinion of the Azhar pertaining to cloning. It is expected that the United Nations will discuss the issue next September. Religiously, it is acceptable to grow organs for medical purposes. But it is forbidden to clone a full human being from which an...
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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.