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Date of source:
After the big fuss made about a conference entitled, ‘Laymen
and the Church,’ the conference sessions were completed and
recommendations were announced. The following
lines shed light on the conference sessions, on its final recommendations and
on the aroused echoes.
Date of source:
Egyptian Coptic laymen organize a conference entitled, ‘A Laymen’s Look at the Problems
of the Church.’ The
conference faces severe opposition from main figures in the Orthodox Church of Egypt
for the problematic issues it plans on
handling. The review presents information about the conference...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Dayr al-Barshā is a small village in al-Minyā in Upper Egypt. The
village has witnessed struggles between the families of Ya‘qūb and Karās; but 30 months ago
the conflicts became more furious and resulted in a massacre where five people of the same family were murdered,
including children, over...
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2006
The review refers to the Egyptian media reports about
repeated accidents of violence and sexual harassments. The main subject was launched on an Egyptian blog that
reported a state of sexual “starvation” down town Cairo in the night of al-Fitr feast. The review discusses
the question sex and...
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The vice president of the Egyptian Council for Human Rights, Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, presented a list of constitutional amendments. In response, many voices in and outside the council claimed that these demands were not of the council’s authority. The Egyptian press described the council’s...
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The review deals with the various reactions on al-Ghad weekly supplement entitled “the worst ten figures in Islamic history. Muslim scholars and intellectuals’ opinions are displayed, together with al-Ghad members and leaders’ opinions.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...
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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.