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Date of source: الأربعاء, حزيران (يونيو) 14, 2006
The Egyptian parliament yesterday debated the movie, ‘The Da Vinci Code’ at the request of several Coptic members, who demanded a ban on both the movie and the book for being blasphemous to Jesus Christ. The Egyptian minister of culture, Dr. Fārouq Husnī, vowed to ban the movie and to pull the...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2006
A People’s Assembly session was dedicated to debating
the assaults on
churches in Alexandria by an allegedly insane Muslim man, who stabbed one worshipper to death and
injured
several others. The session also discussed the failure of the security agencies to stop the culprit.
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 8, 2006 to الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2006
Controversial views from Copts
concerning civil
marriage as a way to avoid problems in obtaining divorce and remarriage licenses from the
Church.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2003
Interviews with a Christian judge and a protestant pastor on the issue of Khula’ in Christianity and the Personal Status Law for Christians.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 13, 2005
About 12 million Egyptians are Copt, but there are at least seven million above the age of 18, who have the right to vote, but do not register their names in the voting books.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 31, 2005
In a patriotic, courageous initiative, MP Mohamed Gweily, head of the Complaint and Suggestions Committee of the People’s Assembly, proposed a unified draft law to govern the building, restoration, renovation, an maintenance of all places of worship in Egypt- Muslim, Christian, or Jewish. The draft...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 12, 2002
A member of Parliament of the Muslim Brotherhood said that Egypt should prevent the trade of wine because Egypt is an Islamic country. However, Dr. Zeinab Radwan and Dr. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi believe that there is nothing wrong about non-Muslims drinking wine in Egypt. Dr. Georget Sobhi [a Christian...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 23, 2002
The Egyptian law relies on the French law concerning crimes of adultery. This way, the law lacks equality between men and women in cases when one of them is caught red handed in marital unfaithfulness. It also lacks equality in the punishment related to this crime. Many men of law believe that the...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 24, 2004
The article presents the views of some members of the National Council for Human Rights regarding the responsibilities of the newly-established council and the change it will bring to Egyptian political life.
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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.