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Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
The exaggeration about the comparison between the role of traditional Islam and the Coptic Orthodox Church is simple. It is not the difference in attitude but in numbers/statistics. Copts simply do not have the numbers to seek power as Islamists do.
Date of source: Monday, May 20, 2002
Al-Ahram columnist Anis Mansour wrote that Jesus Christ had a half-brother called James. He claimed this piece of information came from the Bible. The reaction of Muslims and Copts to what he wrote was very angry. A Coptic thinker commented on it and explained the Biblical verses speaking about...
Date of source: Saturday, April 24, 2004
Why is God in each of three monotheistic religions different from the God in the other religions? This is the scary, confusing and forbidden question that religious expert and eminent British journalist Karen Armstrong tries to answer in her latest book. Her book, “A History of God,” refers to the...
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 2004
In his great book “Yasou’ Ibn El Insan” [Jesus the son of man] Jobran Khalil Jobranجبران خليل جبران wrote two verses spoken by Mary Magdalene, in which she describes her condition with Jesus Christ as she knew Him...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Pope Shenouda explains the Biblical verse “This child [Jesus Christ] is set for the
fall and rising again of many… and for a sign which shall be spoken against” (Luke 2:34).
Date of source: Friday, January 30, 2004
The article is an interview with one of the prominent
intellectual Islamic leaders, Dr. Abdullah Hassan Barakat, head of the department of comparative
religions and doctrines, Faculty of Islamic Da’wa, Azhar University. Dr. Barakat affirms the
necessity of extending bridges of culture, co-...
Date of source: Saturday, February 21, 2004
The article discusses
the subject of Gnostic Christianity or sacred knowledge in Christianity. The author associates
between the faith of Ikhnaton, ancient Egyptian pharaoh and Gnostic Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 14, 2004
There’s no question that the Bible is at the very center of conservative Christianity in America and the Qur’an is at the very center of conservative Islam in much of the Islamic world. A comparison. This is an opinion article. Readers are invited to respond! Revd. Dr. Jeff Adams, Independent...
Date of source: Monday, March 14, 2005
Copt lodges complaint against Pope Shenouda
The personal status prosecution is considering a complaint lodged by a Christian woman against the Coptic Orthodox Church and its Representative Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, over a canon law pertaining to marriage. This law...
Date of source: Friday, March 11, 2005
Rajā’ī ‘Atīya enters the Bar Association election race this time hoping to score a sweeping victory to make up for the loss in the last elections, which he blamed on a rigged and manipulative vote count.
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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.