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Date of source: Friday, May 8, 1998
[mentioned in Al-Ahram of the same day and most other newspapers] Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, the minister of religious endowments, agreed to return 387 acres to the Coptic endowments authority. The dispute over who manages the Coptic Endowments, the ministry or the Coptic Orthodox Church, has ended...
Date of source: Monday, May 11, 1998
Dr. Mohammed Sayed Tantawi says the personal status law does not contradict the religious doctrine in any way. The application of the law is, however, the duty of the judge who may use his own judgment.
Date of source: Friday, May 8, 1998
The declaration of the Sheik Al-Azhar that Bait Al-Ta’a, The institution of forcing the wife who has left the house of her husband to return to it, does not exist in Islamic theology, angered a lot of Muslim scholars.
Date of source: Monday, May 11, 1998
Dr. Yehia Ismail attacks Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi for defending Dr. Hassan Hanafi. In a comment on this article Dr. van Nispen argues that this attack of Dr. Ismail is unfair because he takes quotes of Hanafi out of context.
Date of source: Monday, May 11, 1998
The distinguished writer Ahmed Hamroush expresses his anger at the extremists preventing prayers for Nizar Kabbani.
Date of source: Monday, May 11, 1998
Egyptian Muslim extremists prevented prayers for the famous Syrian poet Nizar Kabbani, whom they consider an infidel in the Regent Park Mosque in London.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
[Comment: In 1998 the RNSAW accepted requests from readers to remain anonymous. From the summer of 1998 this policy was changed.] In a previous article in Al Ahram Mohammed Al-Samak mentioned a number of names of people he believes are behind the Freedom of Religious Persecution Act. A reader...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 29, 1998
In a letter from the Catholic Church of Egypt the Church complains about Western media reports surrounding the issue of Coptic persecution in Egypt, as well as American intervention into the issue.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
An interview with the Pope about the persecution of Copts and the Middle East peace process.
Date of source: Saturday, May 2, 1998
A letter to the editor about a book that claims that Christ will come back in the year 2000 and that the world will end in the year 2010.
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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.