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Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2005
Muna Makram ‘Ubayid, the deputy leader of al-Ghad [Tomorrow] Party, has been a fountainhead of power for leader Ayman Nour, a former member of parliament who is currently imprisoned on charges of forging official documents for his newly-founded party. She has also, however, been his Achilles’ heel...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
During an interview with al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī magazine, Anbā Bīsantī, Bishop of Hilwān and al-Ma‘sara, asserted that “the absence of democracy during late President ‘Abd al-Nāsir’s time reflected on the Copts.”
Date of source: Thursday, February 10, 2005
Bishop Boula of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Tantā said during the national unity meeting held at Mār Girgis Church, Tantā, that the Church does not belong to any particular party and that its main concern is the interests of Egypt. Bishop Boula added that the Church’s roots in Egypt means that it...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2005
The word dhimmi refers to a free non-Muslim subject living in a Muslim country, who receives protection in the Muslim society after paying a special tax. The practice raises questions about non-Muslims’ rights in a Muslim country, particularly because historical Islam did not usually antagonize the...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2005
We received a lot of information about a mysterious society collecting information on poor Muslim families in slums and asking about their needs with particular attention to children and young people. The sources confirmed that aim of the society might be an attempt to Christianize Muslims in these...
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2005
The Counter-Terrorism International Conference, recently held in Riyadh began its work Monday with a statement by the United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Meanwhile, his deputy and the executive secretary general of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA...
Date of source: Friday, February 11, 2005
The Ministry of Culture has been organizing the annual Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF) since it was first established in 1969. The CIBF, which reflects both the Egyptian and the Arabic cultures, is the largest and the most important book fair in the Arab world. This year, publishers and the...
Date of source: Monday, February 7, 2005
What authority does the Central Auditing Agency (CAA) have over the various ecclesiastical institutions? It is known that the Azhar as well as its faculties and institutes are placed under the supervision of the CAA. All professional syndicates, chambers of commerce and industry are also considered...
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2005
For Arab Christians, this Christmas my have been a time for introspection, but for Arab Muslims it was time for some serious thinking. The last holiday season more than any other in recent memory witnessed events of inclusions and exclusion, both sad and dramatic, symbolically.
Date of source: Monday, February 7, 2005
The article by Ms. Karīmān Hamza, published by Sawt al-Umma last week, pushed me to rewrite on sedition and Coptic problems.
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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.