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Date of source: Wednesday, April 21, 2004
We were mistaken to think that religious extremism that attacks creativity faded away in the recent years. In Sheikh Zayed City in Egypt, where the head of the City destroyed two statues decorating its entry after some fundamentalists put pressure on him. For they think that these statues are just...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2004
In this interview, the Coptic intellectual Dr. Milad Hanna expresses his free-spoken opinions concerning the aspired political reform in Egypt and the situation of Copts in terms of principles of equality and citizenship.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Adel Hammouda [the editor-in-chief of Sawt El-Umma] wrote about Sayyed Qutb saying that his followers forgot “the days when Qutb wrote about women, love, and Jazz music. They wish that history might forget those days of his life and start his story from the moment of his change to faith. Qutb...
7. The Brotherhood did not take over the Doctors’ Syndicate, says the head of the Doctors’ Syndicate
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
Unlike all heads of other syndicates, Dr. Hamdi Al-Sayyed, the head of the Doctors’ Syndicate believes that the Brotherhood did not take over his syndicate that enjoys democracy that brought in the Brotherhood.
The head of the Syndicate may be doing so either because he fears the Brotherhood,...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
I dearly appreciate what Hani Labib wrote in his book “Al-mowatna wal-Awlama: Al-Aqbat fi mogtama’ Motaghayyer” [Citizenship and Globalization: Copts in a Changing Society] at a time when many Egyptian writers, most of whom are Muslims, attempt to hit Egypt’s Arabism and dissociate it from...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The Muslim Brotherhood decided to re-nominate former deputy Azab Mustafa in the Giza district’s complementary elections July 11. Mustafa’s membership in the parliament was dropped recently and he is the second member of the group to have his membership suspended as a result of a court ruling.
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
A number of leading figures of the Wafd Party met with some members of the Guidance Bureau of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood at the Wafd’s headquarters. The meeting, which lasted for two hours, comes after the failure of the Brotherhood’s negotiation with the Tagammu Party and the Nasserist Party...
Date of source: Monday, April 11, 2005
Tilwāna, the quiet village of al-Bājour, al-Munoufīya has been unstable because of the rifts between its Muslims and Copts. 10,000 citizens reside in this village, out of which 120 Coptic families have been living in harmony. The details surrounding the fire that took place at the church’s guest...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2005
The Egyptian movement for change – Kifāya, literally ‘enough’- has gained a foothold on the political arena and has become the focus of much debate among supporters and opponents. Supporters of Kifāya enthuse about its message and activity, and place high hopes on its campaign for political change...
Date of source: Thursday, June 2, 2005
The US demanded that the NDP takes its violent supporters that physically offended the opposition members on the referendum day to court. The US president called for international monitors for the coming presidential elections, to make sure that they are free and fair.
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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.