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Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
The attitude of
the US Commission on International Religious Freedom in speaking of the rights of certain
religious minorities, described by the Commission as being ostracized and unrecognized, is
strange. In the United States, certain religious groups do not enjoy the right of “living in
peace...
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2004
Any
attempt to re-read holy texts and present a new opinion is regarded as apostasy and a deviation
from “what is necessarily recognized as part of religion.” According to this rule, thinking of a
new interpretation of religion is penalized with death. I, along with other intellectuals,
offered...
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 2004
The annual report issued by US State Department has criticized
religious freedom in Egypt. The report accused Egypt of religious discrimination against Baha’is
and Copts concerning recruitment in the public sector and preventing Christians from joining the
Azhar University. Many Islamic scholars...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
Under the pretext of commemorating the twelfth anniversary of Farag Foda’s assassination at the hands of members of Islamic groups, members of the Egyptian Association for Enlightenment, headed by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, launched a fierce attack on the July Revolution and attacked religion [Islam] and...
Date of source: Friday, January 9, 2004
The article is
an interview with Pope Shenouda III. He comments on many issues including the alleged patriarch
Habil Said, the phenomenon of religious stickers,
Jews’ occupation of Arab lands and the
Iraqi crisis.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 17, 2004
The author explains the misunderstanding of the concept of “secularism." in Islamic and Arab
societies; secularism is presented as a call for atheism and apostasy. Based on this
misunderstanding, some launched an attack on France because the country has banned religious
symbols in public schools...
Date of source: Saturday, February 21, 2004
The article discusses
the subject of Gnostic Christianity or sacred knowledge in Christianity. The author associates
between the faith of Ikhnaton, ancient Egyptian pharaoh and Gnostic Christianity.
Date of source: Saturday, February 28, 2004
A special
version of the book containing the Gnostic scriptures was released in the United States in
English, translated from Coptic in 1977. Later a public version was released in 1981 under the
name of “Nag Hammadi library.” The book contains 47 pieces including a paper by Plato. The...
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
Has President
Mubarak’s call to renew religious thought been seriously tackled on all levels of the ruling
party and the government-owned media or not? Al-Liwaa’ Al-Islami, owned by the ruling National
Democratic Party, continued its attack on secularists on the pretext that secularists are...
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2005
European-Islamic relations are full of concerns. Active Christians in European churches are afraid of the rise of fundamentalist Islamic nationalism, and secularists are concerned with the interference/encroachment of religion into their (public) lives.
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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.