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Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 1999
Two representatives of an organization called "Freedom House" in the USA claimed that they came to Egypt to make a report about the persecution of Copts in Egypt. A representative of this organization visited Egypt and met Boutros Ghali, the minister of the Egyptian economy, in order to give him...
Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 1999 to Wednesday, June 23, 1999
As the furor surrounding Law 153/99 for civil associations dies down following its ratification, everyone has settled down to wait for the executive regulations describing its implementation. "With any law, the way that it’s implemented is much more important than what’s theoretically written in...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 1999 to Friday, May 28, 1999
The author expresses his surprise concerning errors made by writers concerning Coptic history. He also points out that Coptic language, culture and civilization is neglected in Egypt and that there are no Egyptian universities offering Coptic Studies as a subject though there are many universities...
Date of source: Friday, May 7, 1999
The article claims that the educational curricula being developed at the Ibn Khaldoun Centre is part of a Zionist plot to destroy faith and Islam. It attacks Ahmed Mansour, an academic who was sacked from his job at Al-Azhar University for claiming that the prophets, including the prophet Mohammed...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 1999
The author states that the Ibn Khaldoun Center which is a centre for [social] development has recently arrogated to itself more powers to the point of intervening to change the curriculum for the religious subjects taught in the primary and preparatory schools. He also talks about Dr Ahmed Sobhi...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999
Researcher Sameh Fawzy, attempting to get a feel for the problems of Copts, designed and implemented a questionnaire to identify their anxieties and suggest solutions. Three prominent public figures (including the Pope) also give their views, which include building of places of worship, divorce,...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 1999
The author expresses his pleasure concerning the "National Role of the Egyptian Church throughout the ages" symposium, and lists its concluding recommendations
Date of source: Wednesday, April 28, 1999
The History and Antiquities Committee of the Higher Council of Culture held a symposium on April 18-19, at the Cairo University library. The symposium concerned the national role played by the Egyptian Church throughout history. The symposium was attended by a number of researchers and historians...
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 1999
A growing Charismatic movement amongst Christian youth, especially amongst the Protestants is compared to Dervishism and Sufism in Islam, and the question is posed: Is there Dervishism in Christianity?
Date of source: Sunday, December 27, 1998
Sidhom discusses Tarek Heggy’s philosophy about the principle of ’accepting the other’. "That deserves to replace the principles of tolerance as a distinguishing mark of civilization in tomorrow’s world." he says.
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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.