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Date of source: Thursday, March 6, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court in Egypt issued a controversial ruling that guarantees Christian divorcees the right to a second marriage. The Coptic Orthodox Church rejects the ruling and declares that there is no authority on Earth that can oblige the church to go against their conscience....
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2008
Hanān Fikrī reports on a conference organized by the Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies [http://acpss.ahram.org.eg/eng/index_Eng.asp] in association with the German Friedrich Ebert Foundation [FEF, www.fes.de/] to discuss new challenges facing Copts’ citizenship.
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2008
Ishāq Ibrāhīm interviews Dr. Muhammad Munīr Mujāhid, the founder of Egyptians against Religious Discrimination [No links found], about the group’s aim and activities.
Date of source: Monday, February 11, 2008
The article reports on the Cairo First Conference on Activating Citizenship held by the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization and the U.K. Copts Association.
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court ruled last weekend in favor of 15 Christians who had converted to Islam and later reverted to their original Christianity and were officially accepted in the Church, and wished to claim their legal rights as Christians. While Christian public and human and...
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
Although the ancient Monastery of Apa Bare in Minia has been attacked 13 times over the past three years, local authorities obstinately refuse to allow the construction of a wall to protect unarmed monks.
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
The article reports on a forum for inter-religious dialogue that was arranged by the Ministry of Endowments and the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services [CEOSS].
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2008
The Administrative Court has rejected a lawsuit that was filed by the Muslim convert to Christianity, Muhammad Hijāzī and has allowed Bahā’ī’s to leave the religion field empty or write "other" on their identity cards. The Egyptian press reported the two rulings and commented on the increasing...
Date of source: Sunday, January 27, 2008
The article reports on the statements of the participants of a seminar organized by Watanī salon along with the Committee of Freedoms at the Journalists’ Syndicate to discuss the possible means of activating the recommendations of the citizenship conference that was organized by the National...
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2008
The article reports on the statements of Shādiyah Nājī Ibrāhīm al-Sīsī, a 44-year old female Copt who was imprisoned on charges of forgery, after the General Prosecutor’s decision to release her from prison until the end of her trial.
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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.