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Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2007
In its report, the International Labour Organization [ILO] has accused the Egyptian government of discriminating against Copts in work opportunities and education. However, the minister of labor replies that Copts occupy one-third of the national wealth.
Date of source: Monday, June 4, 2007
Pope Shenouda III has sent the president a memorandum, which calls for an end for the injustice practiced against Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2007
Associated Press has revealed that Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican pope, is currently planning to restore the Vatican office that specializes in relations and dialogue with Muslims.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
What would be better, building a mosque in a district that already has 10 mosques, or to build a hospital to treat poor people? The article states that this funding would be put to better use investing in charity projects or for supporting poor people, rather than build another house of worship in...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The author questions why people did not hear about sectarian sedition in the 1950’s and 1960’s. He considers the circumstances that surrounded this time period, and argues that at times when Egypt is threatened by outside forces, national unity eliminates sectarian strife.
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2007
While the Arab region has had pluralist societies for a long time, political transformation, particularly what is occurring in Iraq, has awakened sectarian and ethnic intolerance.
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2007
Subḥī Mijāhid reports on the recent Fatwá of the Azhar which prohibited ten different forms of marriages.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The article is based on an interview with an Emirati, Ahmad ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Jawharī, who claims that he owns a stone sculpture featuring the face of the Prophet Moses, and that it was carved 22,000 years B.C. He believes it indicates that the end of the world could come in ten minutes.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Dr. Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī, Shaykh of the Azhar, asserted the permissibility of demolishing houses of worship, even mosques or churches, in case they contaminate the water of the Nile.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The Azhar clerics are behind adversities and controversial Fatwás. The author stresses the need for Azhar scholars to increase their scientific knowledge.
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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.