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Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2001 to Friday, April 13, 2001
The American Coptic Association mentioned that Bishop Yo’annis, secretary to Pope Shenouda, joined Islam under threats from Muslims during Al-Kosheh incidents and that father Bola of Al-Kosheh church, and Bishop Wissa of El-Balyana were witnesses to the incident.
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2000
This article gives an overview of the religious events that took place in Egypt since the establishment of Rose Al-Youssef 75 years ago and how Rose Al-Youssef handled those events and tried to guide people to the true religion.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2000
Subtitles: *Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour: We have contacted some public figures, some have declined due to the difficulty of the political game. *Dr. Refa’at Al-Said: Although we enjoy Coptic support, their number in the party is small, we will not stop to beg for nominees. *Diaa Eddin Dawoud: Their...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2000 to Friday, February 18, 2000
Imagine that you have switched on the television and found a man announcing to everybody that Copts are persecuted and that they suffer from the Islamic occupation that must leave Egypt. Minutes later, another man appears, explaining religion in his own way, saying that Christians are Kufar [non-...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 1999
The author briefly outlines the nationalist cooperation and generally peaceful coexistence of Muslims and Christians in Egypt over the last century. Yet in view of certain repeated accusations of Coptic Christians he asks the questions: Is there a deterioration in the principle of citizenship that...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 1999
The body of father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed, one of the opponents of the church, was moving from one church to another because his family and friends could not find any Orthodox Church that would pray over his body. Ultimately the monk Aghasun, one of the opponents of the church, prayed over the dead...
Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 1999 to Friday, April 30, 1999
A new group wants to establishing a new separatist denomination from Pope Shenouda. The group is led by an agricultural engineer who has taken advantage of the problems of 44,000 Copts and is establishing a new church.
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 1999
Currently, however, a small booklet about "El-Isra’ and Me’rag" (night journey and ascension to heaven) is being distributed among Christian youth as an old, medieval, document authored by an old Syrian Orthodox bishop. The story resembles the night journey and ascension to heaven of the prophet...
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 1998
Prophet Mohammed, Peace be Upon Him, asked the Muslims to take good care of the Copts as they are their relatives. This was in appreciation of Egypt, Egyptians, and his Coptic wife Maria.
Date of source: Monday, November 30, 1998
Why has an ordinary adultery lawsuit suddenly jumped into the spotlight? Because it bears the name of Pope Shenouda as a person who incited the filing of this lawsuit. The lawyer even presented a power of attorney from Pope Shenouda. That means that the Pope solicited his lawyer to sue on the part...
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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.