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Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Why do we often talk about Copts and the 1952 Revolution? Was the revolution at that time against the Copts as a religious sect, as if we still lived in the Ottoman confessional system? Was the revolution against the interests of the feudal and capitalist class of the Copts alone? Do we measure...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
The January 25 revolution was doomed to inherit sectarian problems between Egypt's Muslims and Christians, mainly blamed on a slacking former regime that was unable to solve them and only made sure they remained on the back burner.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Jamāl As'ad talks about the reasons behind Copts' fears. Following the revolution, a church was torched in 'Ātfīh. The only reactions were the Muslim clerics who came out and said that it is against Islam.
The sectarian tension between Muslim and Coptic movements manifested in the constitutional...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The author discusses the causes for the absence of Copts in elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
In light of the priest’s wife crisis, Jamāl As'ad points out the existence a general attitude in the church of manipulating any situation to reach the conclusion that Copts are persecuted. He adds that the clergy have played a stirring role in the recent crisis and argues that they should be...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Al-Musawwar magazine provides a recap of the ‘Umrāniyyah riots, in which two Coptic Christians were killed and over 150 arrested during clashes with police following the stoppage of an illegal church construction outside Cairo on November 24...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Jamāl talks about the recent “vile” Sayyidat al-Najāh Church massacre in Iraq by al-Qā‘idah which was condemned by the whole world. He says that, while such actions falsely claim to be of a religious nature, they have nothing to do with religion whatsoever. He talks about the threats made to...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2010
As‘ad compares Bīshūy’s comments about Egypt being originally Coptic to Zionism, and his comments about the Qur'ān’s distortion to the American Pastor’s mass Qur'ān burning. He says that Bīshūy’s comments are not only offensive to Muslims, but to anyone who believes in freedom of religious belief....
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2010
As‘ad says that the church should have a distinction between patriotic and political duties. He talks about Pope Shenouda III telling Greek Catholic Rāmī Lakah not to run against a Coptic candidate but to run for a different district instead-- a district where he personally guarantees the Coptic...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The author criticizes Islamic intellectual Dr. Su‘ād Sālih for the reasons she presented for joining al-Wafd party, noting her justifications contain several contradictions and degrade Copts.
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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.