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Egypt was angry about the stormy reactions that broke following the
sentence given to
Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The ruling renewed tension between Egypt and the U.S., which considers
Ibrahim an
American human rights activist. It condemned the ruling and started a new verbal war against the Cairo...
Date of source:
An
apostasy claim against Nawal al-
Sa’adawi -following the publishing of an interview in which she criticized Islām -
stirred up a social
debate on her opinions and raised fears for her life. al-Sa’adawi contested what she called
perfectly set
traps of the yellow papers in collusion with...
Date of source: Thursday, March 1, 2001
The victory of the Muslim Brotherhood in the elections of the Bar Association revealed their increasing political influence in Egypt following their recent victory in the parliamentary elections. The Bar association elections revealed the ruling party’s crisis, as it failed to confront the Islamic...
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:
The
Sheikh of Azhar’s withdrawal of his call to Muslims to visit the Aqs...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 to Thursday, January 18, 2001
Coptic lawyers withdrew
their
lawsuits against "Awan al-Ward" and its writer and made peace with the team who work on the serial.
Pope Shenouda
and the President of the Radio and Television Union attended the reconciliation meeting.
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2001
The Azhar Scholars Front supported the Minister of Culture and urged him to clean the
Ministry by firing
more officials who are responsible for publishing libertine books. The Front listed 300
books for revision because
of immoral style.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
Al-Hayat and al-Akhbar praised Pope Shenouda’s invitation to those who participated in the series of "Awan al-Ward" to the annual Ifṭār party of the Coptic Orthodox church. Both papers wrote about the support of the Minister of Information for the series. Rose al- Youssef reported the details of a...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2000
The controversy around the TV show Awan al-Ward, which presented a mixed marriage between a Muslim and Christian, escalated this week with three cases filed against its author. Many Egyptian and Arabic-language papers dedicated much space to the film. Al-Ḥayāt said Awān al-Ward raised controversy...
Date of source:
Two different articles in Sout al-Azhar
and al-Musawar handled the Islamic
conquest of Egypt and its motives and circumstances. The article of Sout al-Azhar
attributed the conquest
to the importance of Egypt due to its geographical situation and its historical prestige as head of
civilization...
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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.