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Date of source: Sunday, April 7, 2019
President ʿAbd al-Fattaḥ al-Sīsī’s visit to Washington D.C. this Tuesday comes on the eve of two important events: the upcoming parliamentary vote on constitutional amendments in Egypt and the release of the White House report on the “Deal of the Century” expected in early May.
Date of source: Monday, May 18, 2015
In an article published in the British journal, “The Independent,” reporter Robert Fisk described legislation to criminalize boycotting Israel as being stupid and in conflict with the foundations of democracy. The law, championed by Canada’s conservative leader, Stephen Harper, would define...
Date of source: Friday, December 25, 2015
“In international law,” tweeted Muhammad al-Barādē`i on December 22, “the UN Security Council can turn to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the crimes of enforced disappearance even if the country [where the crime is committed] is not a party in that court.”
Date of source: Friday, March 20, 2015
11 NGOs issued a collective statement doubting the seriousness of the Egyptian government in addressing its human rights profile. According to the statement, “Egypt’s announcement to accept some of the international recommendations will be meaningless if the government did not act to achieve them...
Date of source: Thursday, March 19, 2015
Ihāb Fawzī, Egypt’s ambassador to the EU in Brussels “has sent Sāmih Shukrī, Minister of Foreign affairs a letter objecting the high number of death penalties against the Muslim Brothers in Egypt”. According to al-ʿArabī News, Fawzī believes such exaggerated numbers of death sentences make his job...
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 2015
Egypt had approved legislation allowing individuals accused of committing violations against state institutions to be referred to military courts.
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2015
Where Are Human Rights?
Opinion: The concept of human rights has become ubiquitous throughout the world and the organizations and governmental bodies that proclaim to protect them, but is there really any such thing as human rights? If we look at the situation, we find that there is no equality in...
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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.