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Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2017
After the controversial remarks by Egyptian actress Ḥanān Turk that Christians are dhimmīs, a Coptic woman, Dr. Marīyam Ḥannā, sent a question to Shaykh Dr. Muṣṭafā Rāshid, professor of Islamic Sharīʿah, asking for his opinion if Christians can assume presidency in an Islamic country.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2017
Egyptian poetess and novelist Fātimah Nāʾūt criticized Egyptian actress Ḥanān Turk for her remarks in which she described Copts in Egypt as dhimmīs, saying that the term ‘dhimmī’ can no longer be used to describe non-Muslims under civil laws applied in modern Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2007 to Friday, January 4, 2008
Lutfī responds to Fahmī Huwaydī’s allegations about veiled women being offended and targeted by Rose al-Yūsuf and by the government and civil workplaces. He also fiercely criticizes Huwaydī and his misleading approach toward the subject.
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2007
The author highlights incidents in Egypt in the last month that deal with religions and relations between Muslims and Christians, he believes that these incidents are representative of Egyptian attitude in general toward religions. He concludes by wondering if Egypt is going backwards.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Actress Ḥanān Turk’s women only café creates waves of anger in Egypt, especially among Egyptian Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, December 23, 2007
The author criticizes the use of religion as a requirement in job vacancies notices. He also denounces the exploitation of religion in business which is highly damaging for the traditions of society.
Date of source: Thursday, December 20, 2007
The author comments on two events; the opening of a café only for Muslim Ḥijāb-clad women and an offensive statement against Christians, which she believes have gone beyond the law and the Constitution and even beyond Egyptian tradition.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
The article reports on the spread of Niqāb-clad women in society.
Date of source: Friday, December 22, 2006
The article sheds light on actors who retired because of wearing the Ḥijāb and their attitude toward art. The actors’ opinions are published over the Internet.
Date of source: Sunday, July 9, 2006
One of Egypt’s best loved actresses has taken up the higab. After this was announced the host of al-Beit-Beitak commented that the actress had finally found illumination and the actress herself spoke to the audience about religious opinions and morality. The author of this article notes the fact...
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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.