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Date of source: Thursday, July 4, 2002
No one can doubt the loyalty of emigrant Copts to Egypt. However, a very small number of them perform suspicious acts such as publishing paid anti-Egypt advertisements in newspapers with Jewish tendencies. Such paid advertisements taint Egypt´s reputation. Copts may have some problems but they...
Date of source: Sunday, May 26, 2002
After the events of September 11, it was said that Islam wanted to attack the Western civilization and that Christianity wanted to take revenge on Islam. Involving religions in the events in Afghanistan is against the voice of reason. The American attack was not aimed at Muslims in Afghanistan. It...
16. An invitation to the churches for solidarity with the Church of the Nativity and the Aqsa Mosque
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2002
The article is a comparison between the attitude of the Church in Egypt and that of the West, especially America, toward the crisis of the Church of the Nativity. While the Church in Egypt held a conference in St. Mark Cathedral to express its support for the Palestinians, the American president...
Date of source: Sunday, April 14, 2002
The author criticizes the attitude of emigrant Copts towards what is happening in Palestine. He expressed the opinion that whenever there is something related to Copts in Egypt, they ask for the intervention of the USA. However, they did nothing when Israel killed their fellow Christians in...
Date of source: Thursday, March 28, 2002
Richard Lowry, a Christian American writer, wrote an article in the American magazine “National Review” in which he called for striking Mecca with an atomic bomb. Christians should realize how provocative this article is. What if a fanatic Muslim writer would make a similar call for the Church of...
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2006
The author reviews the progress achieved in solving the issues surrounding the building and restoration of churches during President Mubārak’s rule. He argues that a unified law regulating the building of all places of worship would offer final solution to the problem.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Many Egyptian Christians and U.S. Copts argue that the Hamayouni decree, an Ottoman law dating back to 1856, is still in effect, even though it was officially annulled in 1914 when Egypt was declared a British protectorate.
Date of source: Thursday, January 12, 2006
Dr. Nabīl Louqā Bibāwī stresses the need for tolerant Egyptian media that helps foster national unity between Muslims and Christians. Two new satellite channels are soon to be launched that aim to foster such unity.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Dr. Bibāwī argues that Egyptian textbooks, across all educational stages from primary to undergraduate, have deliberately ignored Coptic history from 58 CE to 640 CE.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
The author argues that Copts prefer to wail and weep over their marginalized role in political elections, rather than take a stance and register their names in electoral tables.
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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.