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Date of source: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
This article talks about the annual Faith Deepening
Conference which will be held soon,
and the current disputes between the church, secularists, and the
Ecclesiastical Reform Group.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Defrocked archpriest Andrawus ‘Azīz says in this interview
that there are eight other reasons for Coptic divorce besides adultery, while Pope Shenouda III of
Alexandria
adamantly still insists that adultery is the sole reason for divorce. This is perhaps because he
is trying to
consolidate his...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Ākhir Sā‘ah opens the controversial file of religious schools in Egypt. In
an
earlier issue, several articles tackled schools of the Muslim Brotherhood, like the Muslim Generation
School in
Marsa Matrūh. This article, however, sheds light on Coptic Sunday schools.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
This
article traces the battle between Islam and Christianity via the satellites and the internet, led by an
Islamic
preacher, ‘Abdullāh Badr and a priest, Zakarya Butrus. Satellite channels and the
internet have
become a means through which sectarian sedition is spread in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Ākhir Sā‘ah
tackles the sensitive
issues of identity, terrorism and citizenship in the light of the proposal of the
National Assembly for
Human Rights to remove religious data from identification cards. Religious authorities,
intellectuals and
law makers were asked their opinions about the...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
In his interview with
Ākhir Sā‘ah, the writer and researcher
Samīr Murqus talks about citizenship
as a comprehensive concept and the reasons for the escalated
sectarian tensions in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Ākhir Sā‘ah presents a study entitled “Egypt’s path to
self-acceptance: Sectarian
tension and the vices of education” which tackles the relation between Muslims
and Copts in Egypt. The study warns
against intrigues that aim at fueling sectarianism in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Following the announcement of
a festival for Christian
films, views of critics and film directors varied between opposing “religionizing” the
cinema and demanding
these movies to be screened in normal theatres for non-Christian viewers.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
The author focuses on a recent opinion by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria on the
sin of having a wet dream. He
advised young people to stay away from any sexually-exciting scenes and to
pray before sleeping.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 31, 2006
The article reports that nearly two million Christians and Muslims are celebrating the Virgin Mary festival, which is held annually on Jabal al-Tayr Mountain in al-Minyā governorate, Upper Egypt, marking the anniversary of the Holy Family’s journey in Egypt and their visit to this part of the...
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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.