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Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom is worried that the Egyptian media and state-funded mosques are increasingly encouraging sectarian violence in Egypt. In particular, USCIRF Chair Leonard Leo expressed his concern over sectarian violence against minorities, especially...
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 2010
The article says that Egypt received the lowest mark in religious freedom according to the International Religious Freedom report issued by the United States Department of State. The report criticized the government’s discrimination against Copts in particular, along with Bahā’īs and Shiites. The...
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 2010
For the first time in history, all three Egyptian Churches welcomed the American Religious Freedom report, which states that Christians are discriminated against in Egypt. The report places Egypt in the "Black List” for ignoring previous criticism. Leaders of different denominations (besides Sunni...
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2010
In the light of the recent “Sayyidat al-Najāh” church massacre by al-Qā‘idah in Iraq and threats made against the Egyptian church, member of the Shurá Council affiliated to al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmiyyah, Dr. Nājih Ibrāhīm, is interviewed by al-Dustūr. He said that, according to Islamic Sharī’ah, Muslims...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, a leading Egyptian Qur'anic thinker, passed away in July at the age of 66. He had become a good friend of the Arab West Report over the years. In the first of a series of articles commemorating the life and work of Nasr Abū Zayd, Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman looks back on...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
In this final installment of a three part series on the life of Nasr Hāmid Abū Zayd, Professor Stefan Wild of Bonn University paints a picture of the life and work of the late Egyptian scholar....
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2010
Over the last several weeks, controversial remarks by Bishop Bīshūy of Damietta and Islamic thinker Dr. Salīm al-‘Awwā have filled the pages of the Egyptian newspapers. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman provides a recap of the events....
Date of source: Saturday, October 16, 2010
The Azhar spokesperson Muhammad Rafā‘ah al-Tahtāwī announced that an official statement will be issued today in response to the Danish foreign minister’s reluctance to apologize for the cartoons offending Islam and its prophet Muhammad. The Azhar media spokesman Mahmūd ‘Abd al-Jawwād, said that he...
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2010
Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl said that the first thing he would say if he were to meet President Muhammad Husnī Mubārak is that “the citizenship principle is only being carried out on paper.”
37. Al-Badawī meets the Pope and organizes a seminar for al-Jamal and poetry recital nights for Nijm
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
This article sheds light on the recent activities and future plans of the Wafd Party.
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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.