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Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2011
Recent serious statements made by Dr. Salīm al-'Awā that "the term Islamist current or Islamists is not exclusive to some Muslims but rather expands to include all Muslims because all Muslims belong to the Islamist current, which represents 94% of the people" really calls for a pause.
These...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2011
Karīmah Kamāl writes that she appreciates the work of the Coptic business man Najīb Sawiris, however she opposes the way he got into the fitnah file.
He had visited Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayīb and entrusted him with protecting Copts, which, from the writer's point of view, is a direction...
Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2011
Karīmah Kamāl writes that what is happening now in sectarian incidents is not yet as dangerous as it will be as salafists continuously attempt to enforce their will by force.
Kamāl suggests that the violence of salafists will get even worse, and she wonders when action is going to be taken against...
Date of source: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Karīmah Kamāl talks about the personal status draft law that bans remarriage for Christians. She says that it is going to cause a whole new problem and trigger sectarian troubles that will affect the country's national security, because everyone who wants to remarry and cannot do so will simply...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
The author queries why pro-regime writers have suddenly turned their guns on the Copts, lumping them together with the Muslim Brotherhood and Muhammad al-Barād‘ī.
"Is the reason perhaps the al-‘Umrāniyyah events, the arrest of Copts, and the Pope's seclusion?" Kamāl asks.
"We have learned that when...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2010
Karīmah Kamāl wonders how the Church has changed its policy towards interfering in political issues, especially elections. She reflects on the meetings held by the Holy Synod, in which all the attendants agreed to support the nominee of the National Democratic Part in any election, believing that...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Karīmah Kamāl considers the accusations against Pope Shenouda to be an attempt to destroy the Coptic Orthodox Church. She recalls the beginning of disagreements that started with Father Mattá al-Miskīn with Pope Shenouda and former Pope Kyrillos.
44. From the statements of Muṣṭafá al-Fiqī to Bishop Marqus’s… Who has the authority over the Copts?
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2007
The article discusses the questions surrounding article two of the Constitution, and who has the authority to call for its amendment. The author wonders who has the right to speak on behalf of the Copts.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 11, 2006
The author of the article refers to a few incidents between Copts
and Muslims and
wonders whether Egypt is a civil or a religious state.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
The author thinks that having a unified personal status law could solve the problem of thousands of Copts who have divorce court verdicts but are waiting for having a re-marriage license from the Church.
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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.