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Date of source: Sunday, January 24, 1999
Sidhom presents a message related to Egyptian citizens in the two villages of Ibrahim Pasha. The police forces closed their church in 1991 in which the residents used to pray. Efforts to reopen the church failed.
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 1999
The Church of the Virgin Mary and of the Martyr Abanob at El-Kilj in Jebel El-Asfer in the diocese of Shirbin El-Kom in the governorate of El-Qalyubya is an old, crumbling, church. Built thirty years ago, its purpose was to cater for the spiritual needs of the Copts of the area. It has been closed...
Date of source: Sunday, January 10, 1999
Sidhom is summing up positive developments for the Copts. No exams on Christmas day. A permit for building a church was obtained. The government promotes the Holy Family route in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, January 8, 1999
The article is based on a book of Dr. Zahya al-Bargany on ’Joseph between the Holy Qur’an and the Torah’. According to the author the focal point of story of Joseph in the Holy Qur’an is the family and social relations.
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 1998
At the beginning of the New Year and the glorious Christmas day, we send our best regards and wishes to all Egyptians hoping it will be a fruitful year, full of God’s blessings. We renew our call for making Christian religious occasions official holidays.
Date of source: Sunday, December 27, 1998
Sidhom discusses Tarek Heggy’s philosophy about the principle of ’accepting the other’. "That deserves to replace the principles of tolerance as a distinguishing mark of civilization in tomorrow’s world." he says.
Date of source: Sunday, December 6, 1998
Security authorities decided to close down a church and interrupt performing prayers and rituals for security reasons.
Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 1998
The Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria applied twenty years ago (!!) to the governor of Alexandria to dedicate a spot of land, owned by the governorate, to build a church in Al-Maamoura Beach serving thousands of Coptic residents and visitors. Until now that permit has not yet been granted.
Date of source: Sunday, November 15, 1998
’The World Today’ program broadcast from London Radio last week hosted leading Copts and Muslims. This article gives a summary of that discussion which focused on al-Koshh.
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 1998
We had intended to close the file of Al-Koshh events after publishing what we thought was enough to clarify facts. Daily papers and weekly magazines’ coverage of the issue found a kind of ’media demonstration’ that came late and seemed to be synthetic and not neutral. Thus, it is essential to...
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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.