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Date of source: Monday, February 22, 1999
An area of 140 feddans will be given back to the Coptic Endowments Authority.
Date of source: Monday, February 22, 1999
Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zakzouk, the Minister of Endowments, announced that all arable lands registered as Coptic endowments will be given back to the Coptic Endowments Authority. These lands were managed by the Egyptian Endowments Authority. The Ministry has started to change this situation beginning...
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 1999
The Chairman of Cairo University Dr. Farouk Ismail met with the Armenian Ambassador in Cairo to discuss the idea of establishing a department for the Armenian language. An Armenian society based in New York will offer an annual donation for this department. Many Copts asked many times to establish...
Date of source: Thursday, February 18, 1999 to Wednesday, February 24, 1999
Many young people are coming to believe that Urfi marriage is the only legitimate alternative to premarital sex, which is condemned as sinful. Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar, called upon the government to ban Urfi marriages at a Fair seminar last week, saying that "these...
Date of source: Monday, February 15, 1999
The Egyptian Coptic Church objects to the use of the Cross as a trade mark for building materials, windows and doors.
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 1999
In December 1998 The American University in Cairo published a book in Cairo entitled, The Coptic Orthodox Liturgy of St. Basil with Complete Musical Transcription".
Date of source: Thursday, February 11, 1999
At last the 13 Coptic Christian churches agreed on the project of the unified personal
status law for the Christians, and it was sent to the Ministry of Justice. Now
they are forming a committee, which consists of some Christian religious men
and representatives of the legislative department in...
Date of source: Monday, February 15, 1999
An interview with Minister of Economy, Dr. Yousef Botros Ghali, on the relation between American aid and American political pressure on Egypt, including the Freedom from Religious Persecution Act.
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 1999
Mr. Ayman Mahrus Morcos hoped he would be promoted at the Faculty of
Commerce which did not materialize. Sidhom placed excerpts from his
letter of complaint in his editorial and asks the minister of Higher
Education for a solution.
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 1999 to Saturday, February 20, 1999
Forty-four suspected Islamic militants pleaded not guilty to charges of plotting to unseat the regime when they appeared in a military court on February 4. Most asked the judge to discredit their alleged confessions, because they claim the confessions were extracted under torture.
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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.