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Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
A recent letter from Watani reader Mr. Nabil Mahmoud Wali took me back to the Problems on Hold file. Under the title “Egypt’s maligned Copts,” Mr Wali wrote on a taboo issue—that of religious conversion in Egypt
Date of source: Sunday, July 10, 2005
Complaints against the Civil Register Authority keep coming in. Watani readers are still writing to us about mistakes in the new computerised identification papers issued by the Civil Register, and the subsequent defiant, arrogant, uncooperative attitude adopted by the civil register clerks who...
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2005
It came as no surprise that Baheiddin Hassan—a staunch defender of human rights and head of the Cairo Centre for Human Rights Studies—was chosen among the members of Egypt’s government-appointed National Council for Human Rights (NCHR).
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2005
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey has vetoed an amendment to the country’s new penal code that would reduce penalties for teaching unauthorized courses on the Koran.
Date of source: Sunday, June 26, 2005
This paper discusses the rights and freedoms granted by the current Egyptian constitution as regards to the scope of freedom, the limitations imposed by legal and practical restrictions, and the extent to which this freedom conforms to the international conventions officially upheld by Egypt
Date of source: Sunday, June 19, 2005
Watani has been closely following the draft unified law for building places of worship, now under consideration by Parliament. The law was proposed by Mr Mohamed Guwaily, and was referred by the Speaker of the Parliament, Mr Fathi Sorour, to the parliamentary committee for suggestions and...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Last week witnessed wrathful demonstrations of thousands of Copts who conducted a five-day sit-in at the premises of St Mark’s cathedral at Abassiya, Cairo, which is also the papal seat. They were demanding the return of a priest’s wife who had disappeared under suspicious circumstances, and who,...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Forty-six-year-old Ms Costantin left home as usual on Saturday 27 November to go to work at the local office of the Agricultural Reform Authority where she is an agriculturalist, and has not been seen since. She was reported missing at the local police station.
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2004
Another virtual pressure vessel in the Beheira village of Abul-Matameer, west of the Delta, is on the verge of blowing up. Article about Wafā’ Costantine.
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2004
The previous article offered a brief review of the mission and activities of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood during the last couple of decades, without delving into their past history. The Islamic movements in the Arab countries are variations of the Muslim Brotherhood, and would probably follow its...
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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.