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Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2007
Outrage and a desire for revenge against the regime prevailed within the church after the regime broke its promise to allocate a number of seats to the Copts in the Shūrá Council’s mid-term elections.
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The first annual report of the National Council for Human Rights, which depended mainly on the reports of the more experienced civil society organizations and their demands and recommendations during the past 20 years, was so frail that it is acting as an organization strictly receiving complaints...
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2007
Egypt has won a seat in the UN Human Rights Council with unprecedented international support.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Amnesty International issued its annual report on Egypt. The
report aroused the anger of the Egyptian government because it referred to alleged violations and abuses that contradict
international human rights in Egypt. The Egyptian government rejected the report and described it as “unjust and...
Date of source: Sunday, April 8, 2007
Within days of leaking news about the main features of the platform of the proposed Muslim Brotherhood party, scores of political powers and thinkers have warned that the party could be acting against the law because it would be based on religious references. Such fears have impacted the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2007
While some consider the proposed anti-terrorism law a violation of an individual’s freedom and privacy, others consider this proposed constitutional text to be a means of avoiding terrorist attacks in Egypt. Arguments about citizenship and article two are still the main subjects of all debates...
Date of source: Thursday, February 22, 2007
Article two of the Egyptian Constitution is not subject to the proposed constitutional amendments. It is, however, the main subject of heated arguments and discussions in Egyptian society. A debate was held at The American University in Cairo [AUC] about the proposed amendments.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Photos of the military-style parade staged by the Muslim Brotherhood at al-Azhar University raised alarm in the Egyptian press that the Muslim Brotherhood was forming a militia.
Date of source: Thursday, December 7, 2006
The author wonders whether Egypt is a civil state or a religious one and calls on the government to
be
clearer in its stance on this issue.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
Following the mixed public reaction to the recent statements made by the Egyptian minister of culture, Fārūq Husnī, on the Ḥijāb, the People’s Assembly’s committees for Religious Affairs and Culture and Media held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss the issue. In an attempt to...
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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.