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Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 2004
A girl called Asmaa Muhammad Zaki who suffers from mental illness, disappeared. This girl’s father accidentally found out that his daughter converted to Christianity.
On another level, an extremist priest called Marcos Zakariya [the correct name is Zakariya Botros See AWR 2004, week 22, art. 24]...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 6, 2004
Dr. Samir Girgis, professor of Strategic Management in London, wrote an article under the title “Dictatorship in the Egyptian church” published on 23 August, 2004 in Sawt Al-Umma. I would like to offer answers to the questions he posed in his article.
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 1, 2004
This report presents the interviews with nineteen people, 18 Egyptians and one American researcher about the importance of the work of Arab-West Report, people of different backgrounds, Muslims and Christians, clergy and non-clergy, including scholars and human rights lawyers. Christian...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 25, 2004
Hundred thousands of Copts are facing a legal, constitutional plight. Those Copts obtained divorce verdicts under the personal status law for non-Muslims. Nevertheless, they are not able to put these verdicts into effect and remarry because Pope Shenouda III does not approve these divorce verdicts...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 30, 2004
The article of Dr. Samir Girgis about dictatorship in the church sparked many feedbacks, among which is a comment sent by Mansour Sawiris, a member of the Church of St. George in Heliopolis. Mr. Mansour Sawiris stresses that he is not among those close to Pope Shenouda whom he met only once two...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 30, 2004
What is taking place in the [Coptic Orthodox] church of London is a unique example of the practice of corruption that continued for twenty five years. Members of this church sent dozes of complaints to Pope Shenouda about the practices of the church’s two priests who were imposed on the members of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 17, 2004
For thirty-three years, the personal status court has been authorizing divorce for Copts, however divorced Copts are still denied a second marriage by the Coptic Orthodox Church law. Such a backlog of Coptic divorce cases has yielded a sense of psychological and social alienation on the part of...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 15, 2004
This is the time of year when Pope Shenouda III pays a visit to the Coptic community in the US. All Egyptians await his visit because he is not only the head of the Coptic Church but is also an Egyptian symbol. Subjects discussed in the following interviews include: problems of expatriate Copts,...
Date of source: السبت, آب (اغسطس) 14, 2004
Akhbar Al-Yom interviewed Pope Shenouda III during his visit to the US. In this interview Pope Shenouda speaks about politics, religion and his relationship with Muslim leaders. Pope Shenouda voices his rejection of extremism and foreign interference in Arab affairs under false pretext. Pope...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 11, 2004
On the first day of his visit to the US to examine the Coptic churches and community there, Pope Shenouda confirmed that the relationship uniting Muslims and Copts does not need religious dialogue. Pope Shenouda, moreover, described the permanent dialogue between the Church and the Azhar as a...
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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.