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Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
A few days after returning to classes for the second semester, students at Egypt's public universities have started massive protests against the administrators [In the headline by 'Sir' they mean the administrators of the universities] of their institutions, demanding they be sacked for being part...
Date of source: Sunday, March 6, 2011
Al-Kalimah Center for Human Rights released a press release on demolishing of the church of the two martyrs in Helwan.
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2011
Press release AI index: MDE 12/023/2011
Amnesty International today welcomed proposals to repeal emergency-style powers in the Egyptian constitution, but cautioned that the Egyptian authorities must take immediate action to lift the state of emergency, and to ensure that women are part of any...
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2004
The text sums up the main purpose and achievements of Archbishop Rowan Williams’ visit to Egypt; the main points of his lecture at the Azhar and laying the foundation stone for a Christian-run community health centre in Sadat City, Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, February 19, 2004
Comment of a group of Egyptian NGOs on the establishment of the National Council for Human Rights. They write about a system of legislation that severely limits rights to the freedom of forming parties, publications and civil society.
Date of source: Monday, May 6, 2002
Three widely spread Egyptian papers, al-Ahram, al-Akhbar and al-Gomhuria, gave special attention to the Christian celebration of Easter. So did the publications of three political parties. al-Wafd, al- Ahali and al-Arabi. This text gives a list of the articles published in the six papers.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 1, 2006
The author reports on the celebrations in the Minia governorate of the anniversary of the passing of the virgin Mary and her son through Jabal al-Tayr area in Samāllūt during the holy journey.
Date of source: Friday, September 28, 2001
Mr. Joe Stork, Human Rights Watch, Washington, sent a letter to the editor commenting on Bishop Mounir’s definition of persecution. He only differed with the Bishop in that persecution could involve actions that are perpetrated by persons or groups other than the government or "the majority."...
Date of source: Thursday, December 4, 2003
Recent press reports concerning the presence of the first Arabic translation of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in an exhibition in the Bibliotheca Alexandrina deserve a prompt and clear reply. The book was never displayed alongside the Jewish Torah nor has it ever been stated that it is a holy...
Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2002
Foreign Office Minister Mike O´Brien is “concerned by the abrupt decision of the judge today in the trial of Dr Saad Eddin Ibrahim, the human rights activist, and his co-defendants from the Ibn Khaldoun Centre. The verdict is difficult to understand and the haste of the judge to impose sentence...
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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.