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Date of source: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The author reported on the fourth annual report of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, which monitored 23 violations of religious freedoms in Egypt during April, May and June. The report focused on the areas of violation of court rulings, sectarian tension and violent incidents, security’s...
Date of source: Friday, July 25, 2008
The article discusses Assiut Bishop Mikhā’īl and strategies he has used to advanced the cause of his church.
Date of source: Monday, July 21, 2008
The newspaper wrote an article about Bishop Demetrius, bishop of Mallāwī and head of the Orthodox Church’s Care, Service and Monasteries Affairs Committee, mentioning some secret information about him that has not been previously known by the media. In a related development, a committee was formed...
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Hānī Samīr wrote in al-Dustūr about the confusion of Christians over the amendment of the 1938 regulation and the unified personal status law. He describes the comments of various people involved in the situation.
Date of source: Monday, July 21, 2008
The article comments on a report that appeared on the Islam Online website in which the grand imām of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyīd Tantāwī emphasizes the importance of not granting Bahā’īs official legitimacy by recognizing their religion on their personal identification papers.
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
The author says that BBC considered the film ’Hasan wa Marqus’ as reflecting on the sectarian tensions of the seventies and the eighties that witnessed radical Islamic and Christian thought. BBC also said that the Egyptian initiative for personal rights produced two acts of violence. The author in...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The author critiques what he views as widespread false religiousness in Egypt, and how this false display of belief is propagated and endorsed by the ruling regime.
Date of source: Monday, July 21, 2008
Egyptian parliamentarian Muhsin Rādī argues on behalf of Shaykh Abd al-Azīz Ibrāhīm, the owner of the Grand Hyatt hotel in Cairo, and on the behalf of all hotel owners to enshrine their right to refuse to serve alcohol on the premises of their hotels. Rādī presents his case to the Islamic Research...
Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2008
Hasan wa Marqus, the movie that depicts Muslim-Christian relationships in Egypt is still in the spotlight of artistic and public criticism. While some observers believe it is an accurate depiction of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt, others believed it wrongly equated the role of Muslims and...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The author discusses Ambassador Khattāb’s comments about his article regarding the American Presbyterian Church’s interference in the Child Law. He also critiques interference of NGOs utilizing foreign funds in Egyptian governmental affairs.
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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.