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Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000 to Saturday, May 13, 2000
The unsuccessful writer Mohammed Abbas, caused a blaze of sedition in the already boiling Egyptian society with his enthusiastic article, last Friday, in which he criticized the novel "Banquet for the seaweed". With this article, Abbas launched a war of impiety against many writers and...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2000
In a special declaration to Al-Ahrar newspaper, the Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, revealed that his ministry did not confiscate the novel "A banquet for the seaweed" by the Syrian writer Haider Haider, and it was not taken off the market. He added that the committee which examine the novel...
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2000
The Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni defended the lately controversial novel "Banquet for the seaweed" by the Syrian writer Haider Haider. The Minister criticized the polemic and described it as "non objective dealing, which aimed achieving only political targets, for the benefit of it’s promoters...
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Some hidden parties, in Egypt, are trying to substitute the role of the religious institutions, like Azhar and the Ministry of Religious Affairs, in the call to religion missions. Thus leaving the path open to the non qualified charlatans, to assume such a vital responsibility, abusing the need of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 2, 2000
The Ibn Roshd group has held a seminar about the defense of ijtihad [the freedom of interpretation in Islam] in the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, just hours before the tribunal verdict in an Hesba case which was filed by Sheikh Youssef Al-Badri, against the book "Father Adam" written by...
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2000
A recent article issued by a cultural magazine made Father Morqos Aziz Khalil, priest of the Hanging Church sent a protest to the Supreme Council for Journalism, because, he said, the article attacked Christians and Christianity in a very offensive and humiliating way.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 25, 2000
In this article, the author deals with the lives of six men, who were Popes of Alexandria for the Coptic Orthodox Church. The article is dealing with their lives and how they affected the patriotic lives of Egyptians, be they Muslims or Christians. The article is also dealing with the life of the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
As there was no alternative, people went to the alleged Da’iya sessions. Some of them had great difficulty in consulting the right people of the Azhar over their religious concerns, because these sheikhs from the Azhar set the religion behind the stars as if they were trying to avoid problems.
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The Da’awa [call to religion] mission should be carried out through people who have a wide knowledge because the Da’iya is a social doctor who treats the societies’ sickness and tries to fix its wrong behavior. The author listed some of the characteristics of the ideal Da’iya such as courage,...
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
The Da’iya plays an important role in shaping the nation’s thinking, because they have the authority to "forbid and allow" [to call things haram or halal], so the people who assume this responsibility have to be highly qualified to teach religion. A Da’iya has to be aware of the latest developments...
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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.