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19. Parliamentary objections to the government’s banning and then permitting the Mulid of Abu Hasera
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2001
The agreement of the Egyptian government to celebrate the mulid of Abu Hasera led to a crisis between it and members of parliament. The members representing Baheira said that the government’s agreement to hold the mulid after it had previously cancelled it challenged the feelings of the Egyptians...
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2000
The secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, declared that the chamber wants to boycott Israeli products and advised traders not to deal with Israel. At the same time, he declared that the chamber will support Egyptian traders against pamphlets that aim at causing conflicts between some traders to the...
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2000
After Friday prayers, a an old man asked the Sheikh of the Azhar "Why did you not speak to the worshipers about Jihad to liberate Palestine?" The Sheikh replied, "You [plural] go and make Jihad" and pushed away the man violently. Then he said to the Sheikh, "The Aqsa Mosque is burning, it is...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2000
Excerpts from a sermon given in the Zayed bin Sultan Aal Nahyan mosque in Gaza calling for the killing of Christians and Jews. The text is being distributed by American Copts, International Christian Concern and probably several other organizations in the West.
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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.