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Date of source: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Two businessmen reported the priest of Virgin Mary Church in Sohag, Ridā ‘Atīyah, to ‘Umrāniyyah Police accusing him of taking 4.5 million pounds after claiming that he owned land up for sale in Nasr City.
Mār Mīnā Church priest in ‘Umrānniyah accused ‘Atīyah of raising donations impersonating a...
Date of source: Friday, July 16, 2010
The author discusses religion and its relation to woman's protection in Egyptian society. He presents some opinions concerning the issue, saying that some feel that religion helps them to find a job and others disagree. Some specialists assure that religion doesn't prevent divorce and a famous...
Date of source: Friday, December 3, 2010
The article talks about a commission headed by Azhar Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyib that will coordinate with Egyptian churches on making a joint response to the United States religious freedom report, which claims there to be religious discrimination in Egypt. The commission is said to include...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2010
The author introduces the reader to an esteemed and a bold female Egyptian thinker. Dr. Sauad Saleh is an Islamic doctrine expert and former dean of faculty of girls at the Azhar University. She faced many troubles as dean because of her gender. Nassār reveals Dr. Saleh’s belief that women have...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
The author laments the loss of Dr. Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, describing his various works and projects. The author states that most people did not appreciate his greatness as he tried to get rid of the ancestral thinking to create a more enlightened Islam. As a result, he was exiled from Egypt. The...
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Husām says that according to sources from inside the group, Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Badī's decision to withdraw all 26 members of the group’s parliamentary candidates from the elections was a political move to pressure the government into guaranteeing them a fixed number of seats.
The...
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church filed a plaint last Tuesday against the Supreme Administrative Court’s ruling that obliges the Pope to issue permits for Copts to remarry. Legal Advisor to the Pope, Munsif Najīb, pointed out that the Church has been granted a stay of execution by the Supreme...
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Nihrū Tantāwī explains "fiqh" and "fiqh pedagogy," pointing out their differences and to whom they are applied. He then talks about the history of Islamic fiqh since its birth, which was also the birth of Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Hānī talks about Yūsuf al-Badrī’s comments on the ‘Umrāniyyah riots in Sawt al-Ummah newspaper (which Hānī claims to be biased against Copts). In the article, al-Badrī said that for every 16,000 Copts in Egypt there is one church and for every 18,000 Muslims there is one mosque.
He further said...
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Sāmī says that he is confused by the Coptic reaction to Giza Governor Sayyid ‘Abd al-‘Azīz’s decision to stop the building of a church because of the lack of required permits.
He calls the riots (in which 2 people were killed and dozens arrested) a "suspicious overreaction." He says that Pope...
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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.