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Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 19, 2001
The head of Al-Ubor city ordered his police forces to destroy the only Church in the city just hours after the church opened its doors and held its first prayer meeting according to a Press release sent out by the US Copts Association. The Coptic Orthodox Church had obtained all proper permissions...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2001
In the iftar party given by the Council of State, the Mufti affirmed that Egypt is an example of moderation and national unity. Pope Shenouda affirmed that God is the supreme judge, and that the rank of the judge is the highest among all ranks because the judge is the essence of justice.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 27, 2001
The November 23 article of Al-Musawwar, "Is the West still Dar Kufr," resulted four days later (November 28) in a campaign by the US Copts Association against the use of the word kuffar for Christians. The association claims that calling someone a ’kafir’ [’kafir’ is the singular of ’kufar’] is a...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 26, 2001
As is customary in every month of Ramadan, newspapers reported about the Iftar parties that the different churches give as an expression of the national unity between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 15, 2001 to الأربعاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 21, 2001
Could the current US-led coalition war against Afghanistan result in tensions between Egypt’s two major religions? In Lebanon the split between Christians and Muslims has widened as each has taken the opposite side. Egypt, however, has experienced nothing of this kind.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 18, 2001
Attention is being paid to the Orthodox Church’s celebrations of the 30th papal anniversary of Pope Shenouda III. All the articles published in that respect highlighted the achievements of the pope and his patriotic and national stances, especially regarding the issue of Jerusalem and its Arabic...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 9, 2001
The statements given and the attitudes adopted by senior American officials and European leaders after Bush’s crusade statement indicated that there were attempts to give the attacks against Afghanistan the dimension of a crusade-in the religious sense- against Islamic terrorism-something in the...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 11, 2001
What Al-Arabi published about the article of Youssef Sidhom pushed the author to think about the role Arab-Christians play concerning the issue of Jerusalem. He reached the conclusion that the issue of the Arab identity of Jerusalem is one of the things to prove that Copts agree with the rest of...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 11, 2001
Many Christians commented on Al-Arabi’s article "Americanized Christians turning against the pope" which criticized an article by Youssef Sidhom. All comments assured the solidarity of Egyptian people, from all religions, towards the Arab-Israeli conflict. The same comments showed that many...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 5, 2001
Pope Shenouda ended his pastoral visit to Britain and America. During the visit, he met the emigrant Copts of both countries and explained to them that some religious and political matters were covered by western media in a way that harmed national unity in Egypt.
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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.