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Date of source: Monday, August 10, 1998
A number of Orthodox Copts have stopped praying in the churches belonging to their church. They are now praying in Catholic churches in protest over the division of a bishopric.
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 1998
Economy Minister Yousef Boutros Ghali, a Coptic Christian, met last week in Washington with Republican Congressman Frank Wolf, author of the controversial Freedom From Religious Persecution Bill.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 23, 1998
The holy council issued a decree that the period spend by a monk in the city should not exceed six consecutive years after which he should return to his monastery.
Date of source: Friday, July 17, 1998
Pope Shenouda announces that allowing the Copts to visit Jerusalem on the occasion of Christ’s 2000 birthday is a problem to which he has not yet found a solution.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 2, 1998
A modern statue of the virgin Mary that is touring the world with a Franciscan monk is causing controversy in the churches of Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
An interview with the Pope about the persecution of Copts and the Middle East peace process.
Date of source: Monday, April 27, 1998
Rose el-Yousef describes the conflict between a Coptic Orthodox bishop and the people of a village in his diocese who wanted him to consecrate the son of the village priest as priest which the bishop refused. The Pope responded by taking this village and two other villages away from his diocese.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 24, 1998
Review of a book on the nature of relationships between the Pope and Anwar Al-Sadat.
Date of source: Monday, March 2, 1998
Rose el-Yousef reported on the article in el-Destour. It found the extremist declaration as not less dangerous than the murder on 58 tourists in Luxor. Both targeted Egyptian economy. Extremists started targeting economy by imposing the payment of ’protection money’ on Copts in Upper Egypt.
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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.