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Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2006
The author
criticizes the ‘Da Vinci Code’ movie as
defaming Christ, asserting that freedom of expression does not mean
scorning religions.
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
One of Egypt’s best loved actresses has taken up the higab. After this was announced the host of al-Beit-Beitak commented that the actress had finally found illumination and the actress herself spoke to the audience about religious opinions and morality. The author of this article notes the fact...
Date of source: Saturday, July 8, 2006
The article tackles the rule of the administrative court in Stuttgart which supports Muslims’ right to put on the hijāb.
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006
Watani International interviews Mounir Fakhry Abdel-Nour, the Secretary-General of the Wafd Party, and discusses with him the Party’s future plans, its strategies to engage the Egyptian public and for the upcoming elections and political reform in general.
Date of source:
In
a series of articles the author discusses the issue of journalists’ demands to have the penalty of
imprisonment for publishing-related charges removed and the need to include certain criteria into
legislative
debates over this draft law, such as guaranteeing journalists’ rights of free...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 4, 2006
The Shūrá [Consultative] Council has recently agreed to discuss proposed amendments to some articles of the penal code pertaining to the imprisonment of journalists in publication-related cases. In an attempt to express their opposition to the proposed draft law, a large number of journalists on...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
The
recent decision of the People’s Assembly to ban ‘The Da Vinci Code’ has provoked
considerable
controversy amongst Egyptian intellectuals, dividing opinions between those who defended the
movie on grounds of
freedom of expression and those who condemned it as blasphemous and misleading.
Date of source: Sunday, July 2, 2006
The author
talks about a discussion
he participated in about ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and freedom of expression in
Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Rose al-Yousuf interviews the
head of the Washington-based U.S. Copts
Association (USCA), Michael Munīr, who expresses his point of
view on a number of issues, including the
recent suspension of the activities of the U.S. Republican
Institute, the demands of Egyptian judges and the strong...
Date of source: Sunday, June 25, 2006
Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm
tells how Western interest in Egypt has
shifted to social and religious issues.
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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.