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Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
At the same time many Egyptians were protesting the celebration of Jewish Egyptian rabbi Abū Hasīrah in the delta region, many Jews are preparing themselves for the celebration of another Jewish figure with connections to Egypt. Jews celebrate the birth of Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon), who died in...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Headline: Research Academy Considers Stiffening Penalty to Three Years in Prison for Any Party that Prints Mushaf [original Qur’ānic text, without exegesis or human explanation] with Mistakes
Source: al-Dustūr
Page: 3
Author: Wā’il Fāyiz
Keywords: Mushaf
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Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
Muhsin Rabī‘, the head of the Department of Jewish Antiquities, has denied that the halting of reconstruction at the Jewish Synagogue in ‘Abbāsiyyah has anything to do with politics or prejudice.
He says that Jewish synagogues are part of Egypt's history, chalking the work stoppage up to a lack of...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church has begun sending invitations for its celebration of Christmas.
Invitations were sent to Jamāl Mubārak, Head of the National Democratic Party's Policies Committee; Ahmad Fathī Surūr, Speaker of the People’s Assembly; and Safwat al-Sharīf, the Chief of the Shūrá Council....
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
The Orthodox Coptic Church started sending invitations for the celebration of Christimas and the mass.
Invitations were sent to: Jamāl Mubārak, Head of the National Democratic Party's Policies Committee; Aḥmad Fatḥī Surūr, Speaker of the People’s Assembly; and Ṣafwat al-Sharīf, chief of Shura...
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2010
Shaykh Sālim ‘Abd al-Jalīl, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Endowments, has told shaykhs to not pray for President Mubārak on Friday, saying that it is inappropriate to mix Du‘ā’ and politics together.
Various media have revealed that the Ministry of Endowments previously asked shaykhs and mosque...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 2010
Hudá al-Misrī writes about the cancellation of many satellite channels on the Egyptian NileSat service. She says that many others have been warned for religious violations. These instances prove the necessity of encouraging tolerance in religion.
The article claims that many of these channels...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 2010
Asmā’ Nassār argues that Egypt cannot be a civil country without making a distinction between religion and state. For instance, she says that some Egyptian schools force Christians to memorize verses from the Qur'ān.
Nassār recommends several ways to improve the civil state in Egypt.
The first way...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 2010
Hassān Sabrah writes that the Muslim Brotherhood has suffered political losses in every Arab country; not only in Egypt, but also in Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, and Iraq.
"They lost in all Arab parliaments, but won religious Du‘ā’," says Sabrah.
According to Sabrah, Muslim Brothers know the Qur’ān...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Headline: Fatwá Shedding al-Barād‘ī’s Blood: Egypt is under the Rule of Law, and We are Not in the Jāhilīyah Age
Source: Rose al-Yūsuf
Pages: 20
Author: Karam Jabr
Keywords: al-Barād‘ī
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Headline: Economic Relations between the Islamic World and the West [in the...
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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.