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Date of source: Thursday, October 4, 2018
An interview discussing the death of Metropolitan Bishop Bishoy
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Copts are occupying a leading stance in a majority of newspapers and talk shows. According to the rules of the media, the topics and sources addressed are chosen according to what attracts the recipient. This indicates that promotion and marketing are the most important elements that determine...
Date of source: Monday, February 24, 2014
The author is writing about the changes to the 1957 election law for electing the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Saturday, October 29, 2011
It has been settled in the public mind that the church represents the Copts politically as the church receives congratulations over holy and religious occasions and through it to the "Coptic brothers" and it is also the one that is consulted over laws that have to do with Copts.
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 2010
On the margin of nationalization after the July Revolution, the church has become a state institution and become the representative of Copts following the patriarchal approach. On the margin of privatization and open door policies, the regime referred the responsibility of Copts to the church and...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2010
Kāmil Zākhir gives a review of what happened during the past year, specifically mentioning the Naj‘ Hammādī tragedy at the beginning of the year and ending with the ‘Umrāniyyah church riot incident.
Zākhir adds that these problems weren't treated seriously enough.
He calls for three major draft...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
"As reconciliatory efforts to contain the al-‘Umrāniyyah crisis proceed at various legal, political, and church levels...a few days ago a sign was hung up on a building under construction only a few meters away from the al-‘Umrāniyyah building, the scene of the clash over it being changed into a...
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2010
Coptic secular activist Kamāl Zākhir writes about the “citizenship principle” which means treating all Egyptians equally, regardless of their religion. He says that the principle was destroyed after President Jamāl ‘Abd al-Nāsir's death, which left a vacuum that was occupied by religious extremism...
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2010
Zākhir talks about the idea of a supreme council for citizenship that was proposed last Sunday at the conference held by the Syndicate of Egyptian Journalists. He explains how it would function and that it would be an extension to the National Council for Human Rights, adding that the proposed...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2010
The author of this article claims that Egypt must find a way out of the atmosphere created by the current “conversations of the deaf” between the simple man on the street and the extremist elitist, lest Egypt "burn up in flames." We must not let the voices of reason get lost amongst the loud, yet...
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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.