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Date of source: Saturday, December 10, 2011
News is almost never as it appears. On December 1st I went with investigative researcher and former lieutenant with the Egyptian coastal security Intelligence Rā’id al-Sharqāwī to Tahrīr square. The square is currently blocked for traffic by perhaps 2,000 demonstrators asking people wanting to...
Date of source: Thursday, November 24, 2011
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb, the Azhar's Grand Shaykh, called on the Ministry of Interior Affairs to immediately ceasefire against the protesters. Shaykh al-Tayīb called on the Egyptian Armed Forces to avoid any confrontations among the people.
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Date of source: Tuesday, November 29, 2011
As an American Christian in Egypt I find that I instinctively view events here through the following lens: Liberals are the good guys, Islamists are the bad guys, and the army is somewhere in between, perhaps neutral, perhaps not. Complicated times beg for simplistic narratives, and this one...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Ramsīs al-Najār, church lawyer and responsible for all the cases of reverting to Christianity, expressed his joy with the newly issued decision by the Ministry of Interior Affairs, which states the right for reverts to Christianity to obtain a new National ID Card.
He added that the decision was...
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2011
Mansūr al-'Isawī, Minister for the Interior, has declared all personnel of the Ministry of Information and its affiliates are exempted from completing the yellow consent form for travel abroad, usually required at the port of travel whether for a job, holiday or any other reason.
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Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2011
Dr. 'Isām Sharaf handed down a mandate calling for the removal of up to 120 officers, including 15 Major Generals, alleged to be responsible for the deaths of demonstrators during the January 25 revolution.
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Sunday in favor of Christian reconverts, allowing them to be identified as Christians on their national ID cards and birth certificates.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
The Advice and Guidance sessions, halted by the former Minster of Interior Affairs Habīb al-'Adlī, are back for those who convert religions. The cancellation of these sessions was the reason for many fitnah tā'ifīyah incidents.
[Reviewer's Note: Advice and Guidance sessions, are sessions that used...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Counselor Muhammad al-Bastāwī, Public Attorney for Shubrā al-Khaymah prosecution, arrested four suspects in the incidents of Shubrā al-Khaymah which resulted in two deaths and other injuries.
In Rose al-Yūsuf, page 3, June 29, 2011, seven suspects, Muslims and Copts, arrested in the incidents [...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Supreme Administrative Court set the July 2 session to resume considering the case of re-converters to Christianity.
A number of Copts had converted to Islam and later converted back to Christianity and asked the interior ministry to have their personal information proving their Christian, not...
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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.