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Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 15, 2004
Last week’s editorial inspired significant feedback from readers and friends, who were eager to comment on the exclusion of Copts from leading administrative positions. Although the question has been one of the most important long-ignored problems in Egypt, it surfaced again when the recent...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 9, 2004
In Egypt, the Orthodox Copts used to obey law 462 passed in 1955, which is concerned with the personal status of non-Muslims and includes some reasons for divorce from item 50 till item 58. Nabil Luqa Bebawi states that the second article of the Egyptian Constitution stipulates that the Islamic...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 21, 2004
In the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, one fact is made evident while another is totally eclipsed. The evident fact is the way the Palestinian intifada is ascribed to Islam and Islam is linked to terrorism, while the absent fact is the role of the Christian Palestinians. The former...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 22, 2004
The Coptic Church celebrated last Saturday at the monastery of the great St. Bishoy at Wadi Al-Natroun the Golden Jubilee of the monasticism of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. The celebration was attended by priests, bishops and members of the Holy Council as well as by the Coptic community. On 18...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 1, 2004
Pope Shenouda, the Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, warned of sectarian strife in Iraq and expressed his concern that attacks might target a number of churches. He saw such attacks as an attempt to divide Muslims and Christians in Iraq. These warnings came in a...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2004
Sectarian clashes between Christians and Muslims flared up on the Internet and satellite TV channels at the time of the suspicious visit of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, which came to Egypt with the aim of creating friction.
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 19, 2004
Religious obsession is sweeping through Egyptians’ minds. Muslims are obsessed with having full control while Christians are obsessed with withdrawing from social activities to look for the traits and strengths of closed communities.
Such a tense atmosphere serves as a rich soil for the growth of...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 19, 2004
Last Friday morning an agreement was signed by the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi and Pope Shenouda III.
Dr. Al-Sammaan, the deputy head of the Azhar Permanent Committee for Inter-religious Dialogue, stated it is for the good of Islam that the Azhar Committee maintains good...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 17, 2004
Yesterday, the Grand Imam of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi and Pope Shenouda III witnessed the signing of the Islamic-Christian dialogue agreement. Sheikh Hamed Al-Rafa’i, chairman of the Global Islamic Forum for Dialogue, and Girgis Saleh, secretary general of the Middle East Council of...
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 18, 2004
In the interview with the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Sheikh Ali Goma’a, published in Watani on June 6, 2004, His Eminence mocked some questions about citizenship, describing them as funny. We would like to ask his Eminence about the meaning of citizenship. Does citizenship mean drinking the same...
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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.