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Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 2, 2001
The Italian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia was recalled after declaring his conversion to Islam. Some Italian newspapers explain that the reason behind the recall is to question the ambassador’s motives for conversion. Other newspapers speculated that due to the racist attitude of the European public...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 2001
Prof. Dr. Tareq Mitri, Coordinator Interreligious Relations and Dialogue of the World Council of Churches and member of the Board of Advisors of the RNSAW, calls for caution against political misuse of a theological discussion.
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: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 18, 2001
This article speaks about the different apparitions of the Holy Virgin that were reported to have taken place in the Church of Saint Mark in Assiut, last year, and in the Holy Virgin monastery at Durunka, this year. At the end of the article, the author raises questions about this apparition.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 25, 2001
An emigrant Copt sent a letter to the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahali, complaining about an article by the Christian columnist Nagy George, who criticized Michael Meunier for writing lies in a press release claiming that the Egyptian police had fired rubber bullets against an exaggerated large number...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 23, 2001
Michael Meunier, the maintainer of the Copts Daily Digest placed the link of an article of Mohammed Salmawy, editor-in-chief of the Al-Ahram Hebdo and chairman of the Arab Defense League, on the Digest he found Salmawy subtly criticized president Mubarak for blaming the Copts outside of Egypt for...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2001
The RNSAW sent the translated article of al-Usbua with a request for more information to the Library of Congress. Mr. Mike Newman ran a text search of both the Bill Text and Congressional Record for "Egypt newspaper," and found nothing relevant. Does the memorandum mentioned by al-Usbua exist? If...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 3, 2001
Several Egyptian media reported in May that four Christian girls from the Upper Egyptian town of Malawi had run away from their homes. The Australian Coptic Association Youth Branch had reported these girls were kidnapped and kept insisting this had been the case also after the girls had returned...
Date of source: الاثنين, تموز (يوليو) 2, 2001
The Egyptian weekly Rose el-Youssef published on July 24, 2000, a very negative story about Sudanese refugees in Egypt after Sudanese refugees and Egyptians had clashed in front of the Sacred Hart Church in ‘Abāsīyyah Cairo, where Comboni fathers are making a great effort to help these refugees....
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2001
The picture of linking the face of Egyptians to the Sunna, the head to the Shi’a, the heart to the Copts, and the bones to the Pharaohs, is said to be a tool to divide the nation. It focuses attention on differences and not similarities. Pope Shenouda III believes that Copts will be happier and...
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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.