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Date of source: Friday, March 26, 2004
The British Court of Appeals refused yesterday to postpone a court hearing to withdraw the citizenship of the Egyptian fundamentalist Abu Hamza, who is responsible for the organization of “Ansar Al-Shari’a” [The supporters of Shari’a] in London.
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 2004
The modern state is built on the concept of citizenship. Citizens are equal in front of the law regardless of their color or their religion. The current Egyptian constitution reflects the above-mentioned concept—the concept of citizenship and equality among citizens—in its content.
Date of source: Thursday, April 1, 2004
President Hosni Mubarak has decided to grant a retrial to the leader of Tala’e Al-Fateh Al-Islamy [vanguards of Islamic conquest], Ahmad Hussein Agiza, and revoke a ruling issued by the Higher Military Court that sentenced him to life imprisonment with hard labor. Mubarak’s decision caused...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
In his book “Al-Haraka Al-Islamiya fee Misr—Al-Waqi’ wa Al-Tahadiyat [The Islamic Movement in Egypt—Reality and Challenges], Saleh Al-Wardani writes that the Muslim Brotherhood sent a memo to the palace pledging their allegiance to King Fouad I in 1933. “Perhaps the stands adopted by Banna after...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
In a meeting yesterday with the members of the Rotary Egypt clubs, Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, Egyptian Minister of Awqaf [Religious Endowments], denied any incidence of foreign orders to renew the religious discourse. He confirmed that renewing the religious discourse is an genuine Islamic cause.
Date of source: Saturday, March 27, 2004
His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark inaugurated a number of churches and consecrated monks in Luxor, Sohag and Qena during his tour in Upper Egypt that will continue until Monday. The Pope met with Copts of Upper Egypt and with Christian and...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 31, 2004
The Ministry of Awqaf [Endowments] put new conditions on building mosques. The conditions for building mosques include that the residential area be in real need of building a mosque. A minimum of 500 meters should separate one mosque from another. The conditions also include that anyone who...
Date of source: Friday, April 9, 2004
An interview with his holiness Pope Shenouda III covering the reality of the clash of civilizations, the different dates for celebrating Christmas and Easter, rumors of sectarian strife and extremism in religion and other subjects.
Date of source: Saturday, April 10, 2004
The late William Soliman Qilada played a role in his generation of the 1940s and the 1950s. His achievements include a historiography for the State Council and important studies on the history of civil law in Egypt. He also wrote about the Egyptian experience of national unity in “Muslims and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 2004
A criticism of Farida Al-Naqash’s article in Al-Ahali newspaper on “Renewing religious thought.” Farida Al-Naqash wrote a review about a book of Iqbal Baraka who argued that the veil is not a religious duty. The writer stresses that those who believe that the veil is not a religious obligation are...
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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.