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Date of source: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Hishām Nājī Nazīr filed a lawsuit before the Administrative Court, demanding the cancellation of his conversion to Islam. He cites as reasons the fact that no medical exam or questioning of his motives took place.
Date of source: Friday, October 17, 2008
Copts are calling for Easter to be made a state holiday in Egypt and the chairman of the Coptic Assembly has demanded that expatriate Copts be included in the electoral register.
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2008
The Administrative Court has adjourned Jamāl al-Bannā’s lawsuit against the Grand imām of the Azhar and the minister of interior banning his books from being exported.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
The ex-husband of actress Hālah Sidqī has obtained a ruling from the administrative judiciary allowing him to remarry, however Pope Shenouda has appealed against it.
Date of source: Friday, September 26, 2008
A court ruling has given Mario and Andrew’s Muslim father custody of his two Christian children
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2008
The Administrative Judiciary Court dismisses an appeal filed by lawyer Najīb Jabrā’īl against President Husnī Mubārak.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
A convert to Christianity is faced with difficulties when trying to obtain a new identification card.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 22, 2008
An administrative court in Cairo has delayed the sentence on the Coptic Orthodox Church’s appeal against a previous ruling that allows a Copt to obtain a church re-marriage license.
Date of source: Sunday, April 27, 2008
The Supreme Administrative Court has referred an appeal filed by a number of Christian-born converts to Islam but returned to their birth religion. This move went against a previous ruling that required identity cards to note that they had converted from Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, March 13, 2008
Article 47 in the Egyptian civil status law guarantees people’s right to change their religion on official papers according to the documents and provisions issued by the specialized institutions. The Supreme Administrative Court is expected to rule in 13 claims on March 15, 2008.
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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.