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Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The author
investigates the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Egypt throughout the
last 20 years. He interviews many priests
to report the reasons why the apparitions were all recorded in
Coptic Orthodox churches only.
Date of source: Thursday, September 4, 2003
Dr. Elwi Amin, professor at the Azhar University, calls for equality between men and women in testimony. He argues that the Qur´anic verse saying “And get two witnesses, out of your own men, and if there are not two men, then a man and two women, such as ye choose, for witnesses” [Sura 2: 282...
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2006
The article reports on a ruling issued lately by the Administrative Court which requires the Egyptian Church to give permission to Christian divorcees to re-marry, a ruling which is rejected by Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Thursday, August 4, 2005
The salary of a priest with a family can be as 200LE, and the church is able to deprive priests of their financial rights at will. Consequently, some priests suffer serious financial hardship.
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
The Azhar scholars’ front, which Dr. Tantāwi had disbanded, has re-emerged. It was a major obstacle for Dr. Tantāwi’s decisions regarding the development of educational methods at the Azhar and also for the fatwa he issues.
Date of source: Thursday, July 14, 2005
Copts of Upper Egypt have reacted with fury to the article entitled ‘The sands of Father Yassa blind the children of Upper Egypt,’ published by al-Maydān.
Date of source: Thursday, July 7, 2005
The Orthodox Cathedral in ‘Abbāsīya suffers from a real crisis because of the problems between Pope Shenouda III and his parishioners all over the country…. Many struggles are coming into light recently because of some bishops’ violations of Orthodox teachings….
Date of source: Thursday, December 22, 2005
A number of Coptic organizations in the West have urged Egypt’s Copts to withdraw from the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP), in protest at the party’s recent stance against Copts during the parliamentary elections.
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2005
The author discusses translations, known as interpretation of the Qur’ān into Hebrew, arguing that such texts have been corrupted.
Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
The Bahā’īs in Egypt, estimated at more than 10,000, are raising heated controversy due to their increasing authority.
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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.