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Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2008
The following article presents the second in a series discussing the “talibanization” of education in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, February 8, 2008
The Turkish Parliament approved a draft law that allows women to wear the hijāb at Turkish universities. While advocates of the law consider it a step forward, opponents believe that it is a threat to the secular nature of the Turkish republic.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
While some consider the proposed anti-terrorism law a violation of an individual’s freedom and privacy, others consider this proposed constitutional text to be a means of avoiding terrorist attacks in Egypt. Arguments about citizenship and article two are still the main subjects of all debates...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies [CIHRS] has sent an appeal to the president of the republic and the speakers of both houses of Parliament called to amend Article Two of the Constitution that states that Islam is the religion of the state and Islamic sharīʿā is the main source of...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Since publishing her play entitled, ‘The Lord Resigns in a Summit,’ Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī has been subjected to a massive campaign led by the Azhar and Islamists, which caused her to leave the country for Belgium where she launched an attack against Islām and the Azhar in the European Parliament.
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
Waṭanī holds a meeting to discuss issues surrounding religious conversion. Prominent human rights activists and Coptic lawyers participate, suggesting ways to regulate conversions.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Many Christians were surprised that their religion on their identity cards had been changed.
Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2007
Islamic thinkers express their views about establishing a union for Muslim apostates.
Date of source: Friday, March 2, 2007
The Islamic Research Academy, affiliated with the Azhar, recently brought charges of insulting heavenly religions and God against Egyptian feminist and writer, Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī, who is now in Brussels and is planning to stay away for six months so she can teach at a number of U.S. universities.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 8, 2003
For three consecutive issues, Rose al-Youssef devoted a special file for comments on the Egyptian identity under a general title ?Egypt is First and Before All.? Part of the file is three interviews with poet and writer Ahmed Abdel-Mo’ti Hegazi. Among his comments on the effects of Arab nationalism...
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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.