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Date of source: Sunday, November 16, 2008
Mājid Muhammad reports about the campaign launched against the Jewish celebrations of Abū Hasīrah in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2007
The Egyptian government refuses to implement the Administrative Court’s decision which cancelled the annual Jewish celebration at the tomb of Rabbi Abū Ḥassīrah without giving any reasons.
Date of source: Saturday, January 5, 2008
The author, Husayn al-Qabbānī, reports on a protest organized before the Jewish Abū Hasīrah Shrine in the village of Damītūh, in the Egyptian Delta, where protesters condemned the Jewish celebration honoring Rabbi Abū Hasīrah as well as the news about the government’s pressure on farmers to sell...
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Jewish groups in Egypt celebrate the anniversary of Abū Ḥasīrah.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
The court’s decision that cancelled the
celebration of the mulid of Abū Hasera, and annulled a decree from the
Minister of Culture, which
considered the tomb of Abū Hasera to be one of the Egyptian Coptic and Islamic monuments
may be appealed
against by legal experts from the Supreme Council...
Date of source:
Al-Arabi
and Āfāq Arabia
reported that a great many Jews came to the village of Demtawa to celebrate the mulid of Abū
Hasera. al-
Ahrar wrote that this year only three Jews attended the celebration. Rose al-Youssef mentioned that the
celebration was canceled by an Egyptian decree. It pointed...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 2, 2001
The issue of celebrating the mulid of Abū Hasera aroused the anger of the inhabitants
of Demtawa, where his tomb
is located. There are many conflicting stories about the reality of his
character. Some stories say that he was one
of the prophets that were sent to the Israelites in Egypt and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2006
Minister of foreign affairs Ahmad Abu al-Ghayt has told the People’s Assembly that the Egyptian Foreign Ministry respects the ruling of the Administrative Court, banning an annual Jewish festival held at the shrine of a holy Jewish man in al-Buhayra.
Date of source: Thursday, December 25, 2003
The Alexandria Administrative Court nullified the decision of the Minister of Culture, which classified the shrine of Abu Hasera and the Jewish cemetery next to it among Islamic and Coptic antiquities. As a result, the celebrations of the mulid of Abu Hasera, which takes place from the 25th of...
Date of source: Friday, November 28, 2003
The report of the Authority of State Commissioners on the lawsuit of the mulid of Abu Hassera in Behara ordered the cancellation of the annual celebration of the mulid and nullified the decision of the Minister of Culture, which categorized the shrine of the Rabbi Abu Hasera and the Jewish...
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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.