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Date of source: Sunday, January 25, 2009
Cardinal Stephanos II Ghattās, the former Patriarch of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Catholic Church, died in Cairo on January 20 at the age of 89. Official and Church characters of the different denominations in Egypt attended the funeral ceremony and offered their condolences.
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2009 to Friday, January 30, 2009
The following lines are a review of a file published by Rose al-Yūsuf on the reality of the press, mainly in Egypt. The file sheds a faint light on those who possibly dominate the agenda of each publication, the current reality represented in the confusion between the freedom of expression and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Muslim and Christian men of religion condemn the Israeli aggression against Gaza and call for Arab unity that can make the Arab voice heard and effective in international society. Some Muslim men of religion and public civil groups called for boycotting Israel and the U.S. Patriarch Gregorius III...
Date of source: Saturday, January 10, 2009 to Friday, January 16, 2009
The recent Israeli attacks against the Gaza strip in Palestine created heated arguments related to Hamās, its political role, its origin and hints to its being related in one way or another to the Muslim Brotherhood. Rose al-Yūsuf the magazine published a number of articles on the Muslim...
Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2009
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas according to the Julian calendar on January 7. In this time of the year the Christmas and other Christian subjects steal the press limelight press as numerous reports appear on Christmas celebrations. The Israeli attacks against Gaza this year have...
Date of source: Friday, January 2, 2009
The following lines focus on a number of articles in the Egyptian media that present a general view of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s issues during 2008.
Date of source: Saturday, December 13, 2008
New sectarian tension was created in an Egyptian village. It is alleged that the visitors to a monastery in a village in Luxor governorate were repeatedly subject to attacks. In the latest attacks it is said that a person was injured and a coach was harmed when people threw stones while the...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The Grand Imām of the Azhar Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī is still facing a barrage of criticism because of his greeting the Israeli president in a conference on interreligious dialogue. Many people are calling for his resignation because this action means that he is no longer a representative of Muslims...
Date of source: Saturday, December 6, 2008
Great uproar was created following the publication and circulation of a photo of the Grand Imām of the Azhar Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī shaking hands with Shimon Peres in the Conference for inter religious dialogue that was held at the UN in New York.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
The following review sheds light on a new episode of sectarian clashes in Egypt. Clashes took place between Muslims and Christians who were praying in a mosque and a church building on the same street in a district in Cairo.
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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.