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Date of source: Sunday, February 12, 2006
The author is trying to track the reasons that led to an atmosphere of fanatic sentiments between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Interfaith dialogues should be to help the people better understand other people’s religions. They should not be established to discuss dogmatic beliefs.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Jamāl As‘ad argues whether the inadequate representation of Copts in parliament, local councils and professional syndicates and the disputes over building and renovating churches are the main reasons behind the tension in Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2005
The 2005 parliamentary elections will be run according to the individual, as opposed to the voting list system. Jamāl As‘ad discusses sectarianism within Egyptian politics.
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2005
Jamāl As‘ad criticizes the pope’s for insisting on representing the Coptic community politically, depriving them of their rights as citizens, and damaging the spirituality of the church.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Jamāl As‘ad argues that Copts have long been treated as a foreign community in Egypt and that Amercain Copts are fuelling sectarian tensions in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
The Coptic case is a case of a religious minority looking for full recognition and integration, enjoying all rights and duties, in their country, while preserving their cultural heritage. In other words, the prognosis of the Copts’ situation should, in fact, be summed-up under one heading: being...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
The real turning point in Coptic political activity was initiated by Sadat. who made Pope Shenouda III a hero, establishing him as the political representative of the Coptic community.A Coptic movement emerged that called for a political role of the church.
The church should care solely about...
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2005
"According to our law, religious parties are illegal. Yet, they shall work through other legal parties.” This is the usual response that we get from the higher placed in society to the question about whether or not the Muslim Brotherhood is going to establish a political party.
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2005
Adel Guindy responded to Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s article “Islam Can Vote, If We Let It” [art. 5] saying that the article provides a good insight about what Dr. Ibrahim has been repeatedly telling high-level politicians in Washington D.C. and academics and media in the world’s main capitals for...
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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.