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Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2005
“I believe the first problem is the construction of churches. What I am saying is that there must be a unified law in which the mosque and the church are equal…We are focusing on this issue and the constitution guarantees the freedom of worship. If we really want to observe and respect the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
Participants of "The first international symposium of Egyptian Copts: A minority under siege.” addressed the symposium on one of three levels. The first expressed wrath at the deterioration in the state of affairs of the Copts throughout the past half – century. On the second level, participants...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 2004
The author responds to a letter of Mr. Geir Valle of Norwegian Church Aid on Christian missionary work. It would benefit Muslim-Christian relations if both Muslims and Christians could see beyond any doubt that a Christian convert to Islam or a Muslim to Christianity was 100% genuine. That may be...
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2001
The Italian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia was recalled after declaring his conversion to Islam. Some Italian newspapers explain that the reason behind the recall is to question the ambassador’s motives for conversion. Other newspapers speculated that due to the racist attitude of the European public...
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2001
The Editor-in-Chief of Al-Muwagha and a journalist in the paper were sentenced to two years imprisonment with labor for publishing photos against the general morals and ethics of the society.
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
The case of Mamdouh Mahran, the Editor-in-Chief of Al-Nabaa, was reserved to September 16. Mahran’s lawyer said that referring Mahran to the Higher State Security Emergency court was unconstitutional. He asked for the head of Al-Moharraq monastery to introduce a report about the expelled monk and...
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
The French Champollion School dismissed a student for wearing a veil while attending the school. Later, the court ordered her to go back to school. A few days ago, the general assembly of the school decided to allow students to wear veils while attending the school, as Egypt is an Islamic country...
Date of source: Saturday, June 9, 2001 to Friday, June 15, 2001
The author argues that Egyptian society can turn against those [The Azhar Scholars Front] who accuse it of apostasy. It can even give evidence that they work for the interests of bodies that aim to eliminate the cultural role of Egypt and accuse them of distracting Egyptians from their real...
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2001 to Friday, June 8, 2001
Khalil Abdel-Karim said that his book "The formation period in the life of Mohammed," was historical research relying on a number of traditions about Mohammed’s life before the Qur’an was revealed to him. The head of the [banned] Azhar Scholars Front said that the writer showed no respect for...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001 to Friday, March 23, 2001
A delegation from the American Committee for International Religious Freedom is heading for Cairo to meet with a number of Egyptian officials and representatives from religious institutions. The committee’s spokesman said that the committee’s main task is to monitor religious status in a number of...
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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.