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Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2007
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies [CIHRS] has sent an appeal to the president of the republic and the speakers of both houses of Parliament called to amend Article Two of the Constitution that states that Islam is the religion of the state and Islamic sharīʿā is the main source of...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Dr. Yahy? al-Qazzāz, a professor at
Hilwān University and a former member of Kifāyah, the Egyptian Movement for Change, believes that the
movement has succeeded in achieving many of its objectives. It penetrated to the marrow of Egyptians’ bones,
encouraging them to reject all forms of...
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2007
Dr. Maḥmūd Ḥamdī Zaqzūq, the Egyptian minister of endowments, has issued a decision that bans the ministry’s religious counselors from wearing the Niqāb. Stating that the Niqāb is "a matter of custom and not faith," the minister argued that the appointment of Niqāb-wearing women as...
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2006
The Egyptian press reports on the recent divisions within the Kifāyahmovement, otherwise known as the Egyptian Movement for Change. Seven members from the movement submitted their resignation following the culture minister’s comments on the Ḥijāb.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
The article compares intellectual and cultural life during the first half of the 20th century to the current time.
Date of source: Monday, March 12, 2001
The persons mentioned in the Pope’s list for the elections of the Majlis al-Millī were the winners in the elections. The opposition demanded reformation of the order governing the council, and explained their opinion that the elections, restricted to Copts over 25 years who either have a college...
Date of source:
The
hearing sessions of the case of the Ibn Khaldoun Center, in which Saad Eddin Ibrahim and 27 of his aides
are
accused of forgery and financial contravention, started. al-Hayat listed the details of the two
sessions and the
defenses discussions with the witness for prosecution. al-Sharq al-...
Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
Groups that seek converts to Islām or Christianity via the internet have widely expanded. Contrary to the teachings of both religions, these groups are trying to attract girls using lies and deception.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
Amongst the opponents of the Niqāb is Dr. ‘Abd al- Mu‘tī Bayyūmī, the former dean of the Azhar’s Faculty of Fundamentals of Religion and a member of the Islamic Research Academy, who described the dress as the result of lack of knowledge of religion.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
The authors
write about the demonstrations held by Muslim Brotherhood students in relation to student union elections at
‘Aīn Shams, Hilwān, and Assiut universities.
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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.