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Date of source: Saturday, March 3, 2001
The Egyptian Gama’a Al-Islamiya criticized appealing against Al-Kosheh rulings, considering it a procedure taken in a negative direction. It considered not trying the three priests, whom the court accused of inciting Al-Kosheh riots, a "compliment to the Coptic minority at the expense of the Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2001
Nawal Al-Sa’adawi attacked the cultural scene in Egypt. She criticized the lack of freedom of writers, and protested about confiscation of her books. Another incident that upset the government was the High Administrative Court’s reversal of a government decision to change ownership of Al-Nour...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2000
The members of the Islamist Lawyer’s Front overcame the crisis, which led to its secretary’s, Montasser Al-Zayyat, attempted resignation. At a meeting of members of the Front Al-Zayyat’s resignation was rejected. They declared their support for Zayyat in the coming Bar Association elections.
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2001
Mohammed Abbas, who started the crisis of the "Banquet for the seaweed," wrote a new book. It is a collection of fifty articles published in Al-Shaab before and during the crisis. He dedicated his book, to the students of the Azhar, among others, as they demonstrated in response to these articles.
6. Preparations for giving a celebration after the sentences in the case of Al-Kosheh are pronounced
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2001
The Criminal Court of Sohag held a deliberation session during which it confirmed the verdicts in the second case of Al-Kosheh. The verdicts will be officially declared in the session to be held next Tuesday. Executive and national bodies, in Sohag, started to prepare for the celebrations after...
Date of source: Saturday, December 16, 2000
Disagreements within the Islamist Lawyers’ Front led to the resignation of Montasser Al-Zayyat, its secretary general. Al-Zayyat said that he wrote the resignation last April, but he delayed submitting it until after the date of the elections of the Bar Association was set, fearing that it might be...
3. A campaign against the Mufti because of his fatwa that forbids defending anyone accused of spying
Date of source: Thursday, December 14, 2000
The Mufti issued a fatwa stating that defending a person who is accused of spying is haram [religiously forbidden] and that the one who helps to free such a person is a partner in the sin. The fatwa was met with much resistance. The mother of Sherif Al-Felali, who is accused of spying for Israel...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 31, 2000
In his article, Mohammed Salah stressed that the real issue lies not in the temporary suspension of the Labor party and its newspaper, but in the lack of democracy inside the party itself. The real issue is not the inflammatory article published in Al-Shaab Newspaper, but the changes that occurred...
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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.