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Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 1, 2001
Egyptians exercise extreme patience when their rights are usurped or when they fall under oppression. However, if matters are related to their faith, they will fiercely protect their resort of last refuge. That was why the fury of the young Coptic men and women who gathered was so fierce. They did...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 26, 2001
Fahmi Howeidi believes that anger ruined the right way of handling the case of the expelled monk. Instead of regarding it as an attempt to attack the public system, violating the traditions of the journalism profession, it was regarded as a matter concerning only Copts. The angry people did not...
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 4, 2001
The president of the "Islamic Legal Court" and the spokesman of the Shari’a [Islamic law] Supporters Group urged Muslims not to vote in the coming British elections. They argued that a person who voted for a man to make laws was an unbeliever [Kafir]. The author believes that their opinions mean...
Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2001
"The formation period in the life of Mohammed" written by Khalil Abdel-Karim caused widespread arguments. Dr. Abdel-Azim Al-Matani of the Azhar University accused the author of harming Islam and disfiguring the Prophet Mohammed. The book claimed that Mohammed imagined receiving the Qur’an from...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 18, 2001
The author wrote an article in which he blamed the Sheikh of the Azhar and complained about his reaction to those opposing him. A comment on his article was said to be written by the General Secretary of Islamic Research Institute. What amazes the author is that when he blamed the Sheikh of the...
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The writer expressed his displeasure about the fact that the Pope of the Vatican, on his visit to Damascus, ignored apologizing to the Muslims about the terrible things the Crusaders did to them. What makes the matter worse is that he apologized to the Orthodox [Christians]in Athens one day before...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 12, 2001 to الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 18, 2001
Muslim Brotherhood MPs demanded a change to freedom-restricting laws and also demanded political and democratic reform. Such an action made political circles wonder whether this was an indication of a radical transformation in the Brotherhood’s anti-freedom position, or an attempt by the...
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 11, 2001
Fahmi Howeidi wrote an article in which he commented on the dismissal of Dr. Mahmoud Himaya from the Azhar. He accused the Grand Imam of persecuting and firing his opponents. The writer believes that the title Howeidi chose for his article and the accusations in it can only come from someone who...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 1, 2001
In this article the author gives his own point of view about Christian fanaticism in Egypt. In the first half of the twentieth century, such fanaticism was reflected in two streams; a religious movement aiming to reform the church and another purely political one. In the second half of the...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 26, 2001
This prominent Coptic author tells the US commission good-bye. Muslim-Christian issues are discussed in Egypt and don’t need their interference.
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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.