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Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 1999
Efendi Hajji Suleyman Rexhepi, grand mufti of Macedonia, a poor country that used to be a part of Yugoslavia and whose population includes a sizeable ethnic Albanian population most of whom are Muslim, expressed his dismay at the actions of the Macedonian police and army who have forbidden aid...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999
In contrast to Egypt’s banning of books written by Khalil Gibran, the same poet is honored annually in the United States by means of awards given in his name.
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
It is certain that there will be fewer marriage proposals made by rapists to their victims, now that the People’s Assembly has approved the annulment of clause 291 of the Penal Code, which waives aside criminal charges against a rapist if he offers to marry his victim. The removal of the clause is...
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 1999
Pope Shenouda speaks positively about Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak affirming that he is fair, encourages tolerance and hates fanaticism.
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 1999
An interview between Rafa’t Al-Sa’id of the Tagammu’ Party (who is fiercely critical of the Muslim Brotherhood), and Saleem ’Azouz (the interviewer). He says: "A religious [political] party will start or directly lead to terrorism. I tell you frankly that politicization of religion or...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
Sheikh Nasr Farid Wasel, the Grand Mufti of the Republic, took parliamentarians by surprise last week when he objected to a government-sponsored draft law imposing an entrance tax on a wide range of places of entertainment.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 to Wednesday, May 12, 1999
The infamous Article 291 of the penal code, which exempts a rapist from punishment if he marries his victim, was canceled by the People’s Assembly on 20 April. Lawyers and women’s activists, who’d been pushing for years for amendment to the law, hailed the decision as a partial victory for women’s...
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 1999
The two books ’The Book and the Quran, a contemporary reading’ by Mohammed Shahrour and ’My Father Adam - the story of creation between the truth and the myth’ have such a strong resemblance that is very close to plagiarism.
22. Will the Ministry of Tourism visit it?: A church built by Egyptian hands at Al-Muqattam Mountain
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 1999
Embraced by Al-Muqattam Mountain and in the middle of ’Ezbet Al-Zabaleen, or the Garbage Collectors settlement and in spite of poverty and lack of services, they (Egyptians) have cut into the stone of the mountain and created with their hands a human-made miracle at the Monastery of Sam’aan Al-...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 1999
Is President Clinton capable of achieving what he demanded yesterday? He gave a severe warning to President Milosevic, saying the latter should comply with all NATO conditions or he would lose Kosovo. In short, the allied forces will occupy, if not the entire country, then at least the trouble...
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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.