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Date of source: Tuesday, January 6, 2004
The Supreme Administrative Court overturned the appeal of the Minister of Culture against an earlier verdict issued by the Alexandria Administrative Court which ordered the cancellation of the celebration of the mulid of Abu Hasera in Damanhour. It also decided that the shrine of Rabbi Abu Hasera...
Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2001
The library of Great Cairo will hold a seminar about inter-religious dialogue. The seminar will be held under the supervision of the Culture minister and will be attended by Dr. Ali Samaan.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 20, 2001
The Higher Council or Culture published a translated book titled "Women and sexism in Islam," by Laila Ahmed. Sheikh Abdel-Azim Al-Matani wants the book banned along with another book about the early years in the life of Mohammed. Farouq Hosni, Minister of Culture, defended publication of these...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 5, 2001
The Muslim Brotherhood want to form a political party to end their series of failed coalitions with other parties. Dr. Essam Al-Erian said that founding a Brotherhood Party was the only way to end the stagnation in the Egyptian political arena.
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2001
The Minister of Culture issued a decision according to which the tomb of the Jewish rabbi Yacob Abu Hasera, the surrounding tombs and the hill upon which the tomb is located are to be considered historical monuments.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
At Pope Shenouda’s weekly Wednesday meeting someone asked him to forgive Father Aghathon, which provoked an angry reaction and various accusations. This article gives Father Aghathon’s response and explains the background to this dispute. Kamal Zakher Musa, a researcher in Coptic affairs also...
Date of source: Sunday, February 18, 2001
The priest of the Hanging Church denied that he had been reconciled with the Minister of Culture or that he had withdrawn the lawsuits he filed against him in their dispute over the restorations of the church. He added that rains had exposed defects in the restorations and that was why the two...
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2001
Mohammed Abbas, who started the crisis of the "Banquet for the seaweed," wrote a new book. It is a collection of fifty articles published in Al-Shaab before and during the crisis. He dedicated his book, to the students of the Azhar, among others, as they demonstrated in response to these articles.
Date of source: Thursday, January 25, 2001
Christian pilgrims on the route of the Holy Family were surprised last week to discover that the so-called worshipping tree in the Muslim village of Nezlet Abed near the pilgrimage site at Gebel el-Teir had been chopped into pieces by local farmers. Local Christians claim the tree was 2000 years...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 17, 2001
Four Brotherhood parliamentary members choose to join the Education Committee. The committees of Health, Industry and Local Administration, each have two Brotherhood members. The remaining Brotherhood members are divided between the committees of Agriculture, Housing, Transportation, Suggestions...
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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.