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Date of source: Thursday, September 21, 2000
The UNESCO sponsored International Conference for Dialogue Among Religions concluded its sessions last Tuesday in Tashkent. Representatives of 30 countries and a large number of religious organizations participated in the five-day conference.
Date of source: Sunday, April 26, 1998
This is the full text of the summary published in Watani, April 26, 1998
Date of source: Tuesday, September 5, 2000 to Thursday, September 7, 2000
[Also Al-Wafd, September 7, 2000]
The American Department of State introduced its second annual report concerning religious freedom in many countries, including Egypt, China, Russia and the Arabic and Islamic countries. The first annual report included many claims regarding the persecution of...
Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2000
In this article, the author explains the reasons behind the decision of the court in the case of the writer, Salah Eddin Mohsen, whose articles are provocative to Islam. He is of the opinion that the sentence was based on general principles and Shari’a [Islamic law].
Date of source: Tuesday, August 8, 2000
Aqidaty had an interview with Dr. Gaber Asfour, the General Secretary of the Supreme Council for Culture. In this interview, he was asked about the criticized conference about women. In addition to this he received questions about creativity, Islamic literature and about the Qur`an being a...
Date of source: Friday, July 7, 2000
The culture seminar that was held on Wednesday evening, in the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies, under the title "An Islamic party and the freedom of thought and expression", witnessed a heated debate among the participants concerning the possibility of establishing an Islamic party and a...
Date of source: Saturday, June 17, 2000
In an interview with Al-Ahrar, the Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, revealed that he accepts the censorship of the Azhar, "only if the work deals with a religious subject". However, in his capacity as an official in charge of culture, he refused to allow the supreme council of culture to...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 30, 2000
After recounting the consequences of publishing the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed", the writers expose their conversation with Sheikh Abu Al-Wafa Agor, the General Secretary of the Islamic Researches complex, in which he give his opinion concerning the events of the "Banquet".
Date of source: Tuesday, May 23, 2000 to Monday, May 29, 2000
Mohammed El-Rifa’i strongly criticized the statement of the Islamic Research Institute and described it as homicide against all intellectuals in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 17, 2000
After mentioning the reasons that made him refuse to publish Adel Hussein’s article about the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed," Ibrahim Nafie explained his position concerning the novel. In addition, Nafie criticized the way Al-Shaab and Hussein dealt with the novel. Nafie concluded his article by...
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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.