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Date of source: Friday, October 1, 1999
Secretary-general of the Arab League Esmat Abdel Meguid yesterday rapped an Israeli company over portraying al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, on its production of wine bottles.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 1999
A few days after the referendum that ratified the policies of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika regarding the question of terrorism, pressure has mounted from Islamists who supported Bouteflika’s moves.
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 1999
A Cairo court ordered the interior ministry to pay 60,000 pounds ($1,700) to compensate two members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood who were tortured more than 40 years ago, court sources said.
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 1999
The National Jordanian Campaign Committee to Eliminate the so-called "Crimes of Honor," said on Saturday it has collected around 8,000 signatures in the first month of the nationwide campaign calling for the cancellation of Article 340 of the Jordanian Penal Code which gives those who kill in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Press freedom in some Arab countries is exposed to restrictions which have sometimes included violence. The use of these measures has caused anxiety among cultural circles and among parts of the general public since press freedom is a reflection of the levels of freedom existing within society as...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 1999
Some 24 million Egyptians headed to the election polls yesterday to renew their allegiance to President Mubarak for a fourth six-year term in office.
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 1999
The Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, which criticizes several Middle Eastern countries including Egypt, is the result of the Religious Freedom Act sponsored by right-wing members of the US Congress in 1998 in what some observers say was a capitulation to fundamentalist Christians...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 1999
Over the past decade, the lives of hundreds of Egyptians families were turned into nightmares when they lost all their savings in pyramid schemes. Disguising under the slogan of "Islam-oriented business", those companies swindled Egyptians at home or expatriates working in the wealthy Gulf Arab...
Date of source: Thursday, September 23, 1999
Anwar Haddam, one of the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) leaders in exile, issued a statement from prison in the United States, saying: "The outcome of the referendum in Algeria on September 15 showed the Algerian people’s awareness and eagerness for a genuine concord to heal the wounds and turn the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 1999
For years, clerical and lay members of the Coptic Orthodox Church have criticized the authoritarian ways of Pope Shenouda III. The standard complaints, that he keeps church finances too close to his chest, refuses debate on issues like divorce, and is too quick to throw his opponents out of the...
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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.