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Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
The author writes about the first international conference on dialogue between religions and cultures, held in Spain. He says the conference brought together all religions and cultures to the table to talk to each other and to renounce violence and extremism. Many prominent figures attended the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Dr. Najīb Jibrā’īl writes about violence against women.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 17, 2008
A Muslim can act as a witness for a Christian in court but a Christian is unable to do the same for a Muslim. Najīb Jibra’īl questions why such an inequality is able to exist in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The article contains a message from Counselor Najīb Jibrā’īl to the president, asking him to interfere to issue the unified law on building houses of worship.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Dr. Jibrā’īl sheds light on what he considers to be a violation of freedom of creed in Egypt and argues that in spite of the several legislations and constitutional texts that confirm the freedom of creed and principles of citizenship, the reality is still far removed from the aspiration of...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Najīb Jabrā’īl opposes the draft unified law for the building of houses of worship and calls on all Christian denominations in Egypt to approve the law only after thorough study and ascertaining that it is consistent with their rights.
Date of source: Monday, March 19, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church seems to be undergoing a difficult phase where Copts are distancing themselves from the church after the church’s failure to fulfill their spiritual needs. A considerable number of conversion cases were registered in the last few years.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Najīb Jibrā’īl asserts that a lawsuit promoted against Max Michael was not accepted, claiming
that new
claimants joined them for the appeal court. On the other hand, Max Michael seems to be sure of
winning in the end, claiming
that his church will soon be recognized and that he will organize a...
Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2005
On December 13, Dream satellite channel broadcast a program on the reported forced Islamization of Christian girls in Egypt. TV host, Mr Wā’il al-Ibrāshī, invited Dr. Najīb Jabrā’īl and Coptic thinker Jamāl As‘ad to join him in the program.
Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2005
The NDP’s list of candidates for the 2005 People’s Assembly elections contains only two Coptic names. The writer examines whether the lack of Coptic representation is caused by passivity within the Coptic community, or whether there are other obstacles.
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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.