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Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 1999
Rumor has it that Cairo graveyards have turned into a lair for the city’s most wanted criminals. The serenity and sanctity of these places are disturbed by various instances of kidnapped women taken there to be raped or killed.
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 1999 to Wednesday, September 8, 1999
With Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh about to launch his re-election campaign, a series of explosions rocked the impoverished country on Friday and Saturday [August 27 and 28, 1999]. This was a clear reminder to Saleh that his coming term - as his victory is nearly certain - will not be an...
Date of source: Thursday, August 19, 1999 to Wednesday, September 1, 1999
At least 29 people have been killed in the Bechar region of western Algeria, in the worst attack on civilians since the election of President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika four months ago. In a 15 August statement, security officials blamed Islamist militants for the killings in Beni Ounif, saying that the...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 4, 1999
A priest in al-Mahalla al-Kubra was attacked by an unknown person who stabbed him with a knife in different parts of his body. The priest was taken to the hospital. Before the priest went into a coma, he described the criminal.
Date of source: Friday, July 9, 1999
The armed violence that was used against the Egyptian Copts aims at a lot of things. For instance planting doubt in the ability of the government to protect its own citizens and it is used against the whole country (Muslims and Christians) not just against a certain group only.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 1999 to Wednesday, June 2, 1999
Despite press reports claiming the rejection of Al-Gamaa Al-Islamiyya to ongoing efforts by some of its former members to establish a political party, the would-be founders vow to move on. Dialogue is said to be taking place between leading members of several Islamist groups including the Gamaa...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 1999
Efendi Hajji Suleyman Rexhepi, grand mufti of Macedonia, a poor country that used to be a part of Yugoslavia and whose population includes a sizeable ethnic Albanian population most of whom are Muslim, expressed his dismay at the actions of the Macedonian police and army who have forbidden aid...
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 1999
An interview between Rafa’t Al-Sa’id of the Tagammu’ Party (who is fiercely critical of the Muslim Brotherhood), and Saleem ’Azouz (the interviewer). He says: "A religious [political] party will start or directly lead to terrorism. I tell you frankly that politicization of religion or...
Date of source: Thursday, January 28, 1999 to Wednesday, February 3, 1999
The Arab Strategic Report issued last week by the Al-Ahram Centre for Political and
Strategic Studies argues that religion has little to do with the problems faced by Copts. Weak democratic institutions and human rights violations are the main reasons behind the problems faced by all Egyptians, be...
Date of source: Friday, January 15, 1999
An interview with the Minister of Interior about the security situation; releasing fundamentalist detainees, fighting terrorism, the minister’s refusal to meet with the Muslims Brothers, the branch of the F. B. I. in Cairo, Egypt’s attitude to Britain’s refusal to extradite terrorists.
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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.