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Date of source: السبت, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 24, 2005 to الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 30, 2005
The calls to revive the Coptic language are opposed by those who fear that this may cause the total social isolation of the Copts inside Egyptian society.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 22, 2005
Since Egyptian society is formed by both Muslims and Christians, the customs and traditions of the two communities have intermixed. Some Muslims celebrate Coptic occasions and some Copts fast Ramadān.
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 24, 2005 to الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 30, 2005
The author expresses his concern that ex-pat Copts in the US are fuelling sectarian tensions within Egypt.
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2005
A man is a woman’s child. If the woman
is suffering, then the whole of humanity is suffering too. I will not rest until all the texts of our Holy Bible are applied
and respected. All laws of the Church must abide by these texts.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2004
The author comments on the phenomenon of religious stickers on vehicles. The Christian “fish” vs. the Muslim “shark” has spiraled into a clash of symbols. The matter has become more than simply announcing a religious identity. It has become a matter with political and social connotations. This...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 8, 2001
After the attacks of September 11, 300 Christian-Zionist groups surfaced and started attacking Muslims, through the different mass media they control. Such groups are Protestant Christian groups penetrated by Zionism and they believe that the Jews are God’s chosen people and that Muslims follow...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2001
At Pope Shenouda’s weekly Wednesday meeting someone asked him to forgive Father Aghathon, which provoked an angry reaction and various accusations. This article gives Father Aghathon’s response and explains the background to this dispute. Kamal Zakher Musa, a researcher in Coptic affairs also...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2001
Al-Qashish village is a living example of the national unity between Muslims and Christians. Muslims there help Christians in restoring a church that was built in the days of Khedive Abbas Helmi. At every feast, the priest of the church distributes gifts and clothes to everyone, Muslims before...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 8, 2001
The issue of nominating bishops to become patriarchs caused debate even when it started as early as the fourth century A.D. Church councils rejected the nominations and considered it to be a sin equal to adultery. The first direct violation of choosing the patriarch from among only the monks took...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 14, 2001
Fa’iq Zakka Bolous found himself in a dilemma, after eleven years as a monk everybody is really angry with him. The monastery summoned him after he published his diary and asked him to stop and not to turn it into a book, but he refused. Lots of letters came in cursing, insulting and denouncing him...
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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.