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Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Islamic writer Jamal al-Banna states that it has been quite common for Christians and Jews to convert to Islam to avoid persecution and then leave the religion when the danger has passed.
An American document allegedly claiming direct aid should preferably go to locations of high density Coptic...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2007
The Ibn Khaldūn Center faces possible closure. The author seeks to give the reader a more complete picture of the Center, rather than just the allegations against it.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The author discusses the recent cases of Christians who converted to Islam and wish to re-convert to Christianity. He wonders at what point freedom of belief ends and discrimination begins.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The article discusses the triumph of a few Copts who were permitted to re-convert to Christianity, having originally converted to Islam. The author criticizes the double standard in how easy it is to embrace Islam, yet how difficult it is to embrace Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The following article presents an overview of the Annual Anglican-Al Azhar Interfaith Meeting that implicitly dealt with dialogue and means of furthering it. Wisam al-Deweny provides her input on the subject, and recommends means of improving this dialogue in the future.
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2007
The unified draft law for the building and repair of houses of worship which was prepared by the National Council for Human Rights is an important step forward toward eradicating a large proportion of sectarian incidents.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
‘Ādil Jundī writes his article from the perspective of a Muslim Egyptian, saying that he would work hard to purify his religious heritage by subjecting it to reason and research.
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2007
The author records the history of the political life of religious trends. He believes that the Islamists have failed to present appropriate participation in the political life of the Arab countries.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
The Supreme Administrative Court has accepted an appeal filed by hundreds of Christians who had previously converted to Islam and asked to return to Christianity. The Administrative Judiciary Court initially ruled against their right to legally have their re-conversion declared on their official...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2007 to Friday, June 29, 2007
The Commissioners Board at the Supreme Administrative Court has rejected to permit Christians who have embraced Islam to revert back to Christianity. It has called to create a distinguishing sign to be written on their identity cards.
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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.