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Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Friday, March 16, 2001
A new group, lead by Maurice Sadeq, was formed to defame Egypt. This usually happens whenever President Mubarak is about to visit the United States. The group claimed that Christians are persecuted in Egypt. Almost all Christian societies refused to take part in a meeting the group called for.
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Friday, March 16, 2001
The author is of the opinion that Egyptians have to work hard to strengthen ties between Muslims and Christians so that they can avoid problems with the American Religious Freedom Law. He believes that they have to be very cautious as this law might be used to push Egypt into making some decisions...
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Friday, March 16, 2001
The Court of Appeal rejected Youssef Al-Badri’s case against the film "Birds of the Dark." The court said that it is everybody’s duty to fight corruption using his own techniques as long as he/she has good intentions for the good of the country.
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Friday, March 16, 2001
The Taliban movement destroyed ancient Buddha statutes in Afghanistan. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi said that not every statue is an idol and it is not right to demolish statues even if they were previously worshipped. Abdel Shafie Mohammed said that what happened is an unnecessary frantic act. Dr. Abdel...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001 to Friday, March 9, 2001
Political leaders and officials worked out a solution to a problem resulting from a local authority’s demolition of a four-story church annex building. The building was used for church services, as a small hospital and a meeting place. There are almost fourteen thousand Christian families in this...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001 to Friday, March 9, 2001
Some professors think that if male students sit next to their female colleagues something immoral might happen. They consider this to be an evil vicious act. In the Faculty of Commerce a professor refuses to let in male students who apply cream to their hair and female students who wear make-up,...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001 to Friday, March 9, 2001
TV makes some sheikhs seem holy. Omar Abdel Kafi found himself glorified and then infallible and therefore holy. Whatever he said was believed. Abdel Sabour Shahin deceived lots of people by telling them that depositing their money in Al Rayan (An Islamic bank which couldn’t pay back the depositors...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001 to Friday, March 9, 2001
The author is of the opinion that there is a danger surrounding Egypt owing to religious fascists; the terrorists exploit the present situation of democracy and penetrate all of the established organizations to dominate and spread their ideas.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001 to Friday, March 9, 2001
The director of the Markfield Institute for high studies in Britain interprets the verses of the Qur’an using his scientific knowledge about astronomy. He believes that this approach suits Westerners, owing to the fact that their mental references are logic and reason. Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi says...
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001 to Friday, March 9, 2001
MP Mahmoud Abdel Megid tried hard to get the Prime Minister to investigate some books written by the former sheikh of the Azhar. The author believes this to be an attempt by the Islamic groups to dominate the sessions with their ideas.
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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.