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Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 1999
In the opening session of the Islamic conference, Minister of Endowments Hamdi Zaqzouq delivered a speech on behalf of President Mubarak in which he called for serious thinking on the issue of "The renaissance of the Islamic world" which is what the conference is about.
Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 1999 to Wednesday, June 23, 1999
The campaign for the new National Assembly elections in Kuwait got off to a dramatic start. The government ordered a crackdown on unlicensed Islamic charities which it accused of funneling funds collected for Kosovo refugees into electioneering. It then turned on the tribal groups who were...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
Dr. Boutros Ghali, secretary-general of a francophone organization [and former secretary-general of the UN], affirmed that President Hosni Mubarak has succeeded in containing fundamentalism and achieved [political and social] stability. In a radio statement in Washington, Ghali said: "Persecution...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
The Supreme Military Court handed down its verdicts in lawsuit number 3 for 1999, dubbed as the Revival of Gamaa Al-Islamiyya Organization case in Alexandria. The Court passed life imprisonment sentences with hard labor against 4 defendants, 15 years imprisonment with hard labor against 8, ten...
Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 1999
The eleventh meeting of the International Conference of the Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs will begin next Tuesday [22 June 1999] morning at the Marriott Hotel, Cairo. The Conference is being organized under the patronage of President Hosni Mubarak who will give an opening address which the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999 to Wednesday, June 23, 1999
A government counterattack has thrown the three-week old campaign against the new Law 153 for Associations and Civil Institutions into disarray. Social affairs minister Mervat Tellawi has led a public relations campaign to deflect international criticism of the law, which aims to keep a check on...
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999 to Wednesday, June 16, 1999
President Hosni Mubarak met with Mary Robinson, the UN high commissioner for human rights, on Monday. The talks dealt with "the importance of promoting and protecting human rights on the regional and international levels," Robinson told reporters.
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999 to Wednesday, June 16, 1999
Egypt and Iran are discussing a street sign in Tehran named after Khaled el-Islambouli, the man who killed late president Sadat in 1981. Full diplomatic ties between the two countries can only be restored after this street name is removed.
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
In the early hours of last Thursday, following a day-long debate, the People’s Assembly approved, by a hefty majority, a new bill designed to regulate the activities of some 15,000 registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs). However, the bill did not go down well with 11 opposition deputies...
Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 1999 to Wednesday, June 9, 1999
A dozen Moroccan and Algerian Muslim fundamentalist prisoners called on May 27 on the Socialist-led government of Morocco for an amnesty. Among them are three members of Algeria’s banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), spending up to 14 years in jail for their involvement in arms trafficking to...
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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.