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Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 1999
Pope Shenouda expressed the Coptic Church’s thanks to President Hosni Mubarak for intervening to return the Coptic properties to the church. The Pope fiercely criticized foreign attempts to intervene in Egypt’s internal affairs under the guise of protecting the rights of the Copts.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 30, 1999
The University of Al-Azhar, the highest religious authority in the Muslim world, has stated that storage of human eggs is not forbidden by Islam. "Sharia (Islamic law) does not ban the freezing of human eggs if they are subsequently fertilized by the husband’s sperm in order to guarantee the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 1999
Assistant Foreign Minister Ambassador Sayyed Qassem left yesterday for Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, leading a high level delegation to take part in the 26th Conference of the Organization of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers.
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
The stormy debate over the new NGOs law has not abated. It is claimed that the new law, which was endorsed by the People’s Assembly before it went into recess a few days ago, was maliciously designed by the government to firmly control NGOs. It is alleged that the law was put forward after some...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 1999
The Ministry of Waqfs (Religious Endowments) has recently handed over 14 more feddans [a feddan is an area approximately equal to an acre] of land to the Coptic Church. This takes to around 680 feddans the total number of feddans of land endowments delivered back to the church to the Church since...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 1999
The 11th International Conference for the Higher Islamic Council (HIC) will start today in Cairo. The four-day international event "Towards a Renaissance Project for the Islamic World" is held under the auspices of President Hosni Mubarak. According to the Egyptian Minister of Waqfs who is also HIC...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 1999
The Grand Sheikh recently clashed with those more politically minded when he refused to lead a prayer for the martyrs of Kosovo. Explaining that it was unlawful according the Muslim Shari’a, he suggested that those who wished to pray for martyrs do so at home or at mosques affiliated to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 18, 1999
Clearly expressing his views about three Muslim sects, a sheikh from Al-Azhar is accused of speaking irreverently of them. Angry reactions from the followers of these sects range from calling for apologies to the taking his life ’as the only decent reply to his disrespect of their beliefs.
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 1999
A look at the Islamic Museum and the possible changes in venue for the treasures it houses.
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 1999
The secretary of the Jewish community in Cairo said that there are only 198 Jews are in Cairo, only six of which are men. The Jewish community is slowly disappearing, especially as they don’t have a Rabbi who leads their religious services.
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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.