Dialogue Across Borders

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It was reported that the police arrested several Christian men because of the absence of a license for selling films, but this is unjust, according to Maurice Ṣādiq, a Coptic Christian human rights lawyer. These men have been working in sales of films for a long time, but now all of a sudden they are taken into custody because they are selling religious material. One bad Muslim encouraged a group of Muslims to hate all Christians, so that he could get Victor Yūnān, a Christian, arrested for selling videos concerning biblical material, Ṣādiq says.

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Former Egyptian Ambassador to Algeria, Dr. Ḥussaīn Aḥmad ʾAmīn says the fact that the military court is looking into this case is due to the regime’s desire to put harsh sentences on the detainees. ʾAmīn does not think there is any true justification for having the military court look into the case. The civil court would be more rapid in terms of judgements, but now the case will be dealt with secretly as the regime fears having the public talk about irregularities of trials or to sympathize with the defendants, says ʾAmīn.

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During a press conference, Shaykh Muḥammad Sayyid Ṭanṭāwī answered several questions asked by foreign reporters. Questions are related to violence, the situation in Palestine, minority rights and gender equality in Islam.

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The tape begins where the previous tape of the press conference with the-then President Muʿammar al-Qadhāfī left off. In the succeeding tape, al-Qadhāfī continued to comment on regional and global issues like the Yugoslavian war and NATO rising ambitions of world-occupation. The second part of the recording is also the second day of the conference when al-Qadaffi resumed commenting on Arab affairs and western interventions in the Middle-East.

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Two interviews were conducted by Cornelis Hulsman at the Monastery of the Holy Virgin in Jabal Asyūt. 

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In this press conference, the-then President Muʿammar al-Qadhāfī invited journalists from around the world to tackle the – believed by some – distorted  image global media portrayed about his decision of getting Palestinians out of Libya in 1995.

For more information, please refer to the succeeding tape 1995 Press Conference: President al-Qadhāfī in Sirte II:

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This recording is divided into two parts. The first part is mainly about the revival of the Ancient Library of the Alexandria Project, how the idea has started, the varying project phases, funds, the role of the UNESCO and the main features of the new Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The second part is about the Underwater Excavation Project led by the Hilti Foundation in Alexandria in collaboration with the Egyptian government.

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