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Date of source: Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Summary: The Arab-European Forum for Dialogue and Human Rights, a rights group based in Geneva, has filed a complaint with the Complaint Processing Committee of the OHCHR in Geneva against Qatar because of its “support for and funding of terrorist groups.” The organization filed the complaint...
Date of source: Saturday, August 24, 2019
The Egyptian TV Network ‘al-Ḥayāh’ has announced the suspension of television presenter Rīhām Saʿīd and the ‘Ṣabāyā’ programme she hosts, after she insulted obese women in a recent episode.
The network stated that this suspension will continue until the investigation of the Supreme Council for...
Date of source: Sunday, November 9, 2014
Experts stated that President al-Sīsī’s Advisor for Combatting Terrorism, Jamāl al-Dīn, started off his new position by pursuing police officers supportive of the Brotherhood and addressing the issue of internationally sponsored terrorism in the Sinai. One expert said he was an excellent choice as...
Date of source: Thursday, August 16, 2018
The National Council for Women in Egypt welcomed the appointment of the first Egyptian blind presenter on TV satellite channels.
The National Council for Women, headed by Dr. Māya Mursī, and all its members, thanked the family of the program "al-Safīrah ʿAzīzah", which is broadcast on the channel "...
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2017
Amīra Jirjis Khalīl Sīfīn, A 17-year-old Egyptian girl, has caused a new sectarian crisis in the southern Egyptian city of Luxor, which caused the injury of dozens of individuals, and the arrest of 11 others. Parliament also issued an urgent statement directed at Egyptian Prime Minister Sharīf...
Date of source: Sunday, March 26, 2017
Dozens of people, including police officers and [army] conscripts, were injured in clashes between Muslims and Christians in the village of al-Muhayidāt in Luxor, in the south of Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2017
The Alexandria Criminal Court ruled to sentence ʿĀdil Abū al-Nūr Sulaymān",
also known as ”ʿĀdil ʿAsaliyya” to death for slaughtering the Coptic citizen Lamʿ ī Yūsuf in Alexandria.
Date of source: Sunday, September 27, 2015
The Egyptian ministry of Interior has denied the alleged assault at the Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Muhammad Bad`ī by a police officer. “There has been no complaint filed that Bad`ī has been assaulted on his way back from a trial's hearing session,” the assistant interior minster for public...
Date of source: Monday, March 23, 2015
Egypt deletes Salah al-Din and Uqba ibn Nafi from the curriculum
The Egyptian ministry of education decided to delete paragraphs about Salah al-Din and Uqba ibn Nafi from the curriculum since they allegedly promoted violence and extremism among the people, since their popularity among Muslims is...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Sīsī opens a new chapter with the Coptic Church
Egyptian President ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī’s visit to a Cathedral to show his respect for Coptic Christians on Christmas Day was a notable moment for relations between the presidency and the Church in Egypt. Relations between the presidency and Church...
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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.