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Date of source: Sunday, July 29, 2007
Majdī Khalīl sheds light on the difference between citizenship rights and the political activity of clergymen, and highlights the rarity of clergymen who are politically active.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Usāmah Nabīl reports on the different opinions concerning a draft law to regulate the process of issuing Fatwás.
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Majdī Khalīl highlights the ideological shifts of Islamist ideologue Dr. Ṭāriq al-Bishrī from liberalism to Islamic fundamentalism. He sheds light on one of al-Bishrī’s books entitled, ‘al-Jamā‘ah al-Watanyyah’ [The Nationalist Movement], and accuses him of falsifying history.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2007
The recently erupted sectarian violence in al-‘Ayyāt...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Sectarian strife in Egypt has been a hot topic of contention in the media. The following article presents a synopsis of incidents that have occurred in Egypt in the recent years. The author considers the reasons behind these attacks, the similar situations that they share, that is attacks that have...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Muslim and Christian intellectual figures record the role of the Egyptian church in cultural development. The church established the Cultural Development Program that interacts with other cultural activities in Egyptian society. Bishop Mūsa, bishop of youth, said that this program presents...
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Nabīl Louqā Bibāwī, a Christian member of the Shura Council and professor of Criminal Law, said Wafā’ Costantine’s conversion to Islam and return to Christianity has taken place through the tolerant precept of Islam that suggests “fending off harms is of priority to bringing about gains.” That...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2007
During the Egyptian Association for Dialogue’s conference, Muslim scholars welcomed decreeing a law to organize the construction of houses of worship using equal standards in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2007
The application of the Islamic Sharī‘ah in Egypt does not indicate any form of separation between Muslims and Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
The author comments on political Islam, and the people that have fought to combat this image of Islam. She further comments on controversial Fatwás, as well as Muslim-Christian relations.
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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.