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Date of source: الأربعاء, آيار (مايو) 24, 2000
This article gives a different, and quite refreshing, view of the whole storm that was stirred up by the local press, notably "Al-Shaab", over the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed." The writer asserted that Haider Haider was given on a silver plate the chance of his life to become, almost overnight, a...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 19, 2000
In his column, Gamal Badawi tried to defend the Azhar by refuting the accusation charged to it, namely, being lenient in dealing with the recent incidents. Regarding the fact that Sheikh of the Azhar was abroad receiving a prize during the crisis, the writer said, the final word about the novel is...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 19, 2000
The Attorney General announced that the statement issued by the Azhar Islamic Research Institute regarding the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed" will be considered by the Supreme State Security Prosecution. He had also received a note from Farouq Hosni, Minister of Culture, regarding the same issue. In...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 13, 2000
In a very long article Ibrahim Sa’ada criticized and blamed all the parties involved in the recent controversy about the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed," which provoked unprecedented riots in the Azhar University.
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 14, 2000
Mr. Sidhom praises the role played by the state in order to prepare for the celebrations of the visit of the Holy Family and the valuable contributions of the different ministries and official and local bodies. He also praise the proper handling of mass media broadcast, and TV) to this great event...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 13, 2000 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 19, 2000
In a quick interview with the Egyptian Minister of Culture, he confirmed that he understood that the Labor Party is now in charge of the preaching mission for extremism. Regarding the statement of Ahmed Omar Hashem, in which he urged the burning of the book, the Minister was shocked, as it reveals...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 6, 2000 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 12, 2000
In spite of the passing of thousands of years since the Israelites left Egypt, a number of them still live there. They refuse to emigrate to Israel, in spite of the offers given to them by Israelis and Jewish organizations. It is funny, however, that this small number of Egyptian Jews still...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 6, 2000
The author of the article first recounts how he received a telephone call from a woman who informed him that a dangerous phenomenon was occurring in the schools of Bilbeis in Sharqiya. The caller reported the spread of Satanic rituals and worship among children’s schools. The author and his...
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 8, 2000 to الأحد, آيار (مايو) 14, 2000
In this article, Azazi urged people to recognize each other’s perspectives without interchanging accusations of impiety and ignorance. According to him the case of the banquet revealed that there are still defects in dealing with crisis.
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 6, 2000 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 12, 2000
During the last two weeks Egypt has witnessed unprecedented terrorism, and a lot of Fatwas for shedding the blood of the Culture Minister and some intellectuals who are all accused of impiety. The objective of those who declared the war against the [polemic novel] "Banquette for the seaweed" is 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.