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Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2001
The Higher State Security Court continued examining the case about the publication of scandalous photos of the expelled monk in al-Mowagha paper, in which the Editor-in-Chief of the paper and another journalist are accused.
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The Emergency State Security Misdemeanor Court decided to suspend the examination of
the cases against Al
-Nabaa and Akher Khabar newspapers until it has made a decision concerning the request from the
defense to
change the members of the jury. The head of the court said that the reasons the...
Date of source:
President Mubarak
received
Pope Shenouda in Ras al-Tin palace. In a two hour meeting the president and the pope discussed issues
concerning Copts and how to maintain national unity. Neither party made a statement after the meeting.
Date of source:
Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
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Mamdouh Mahran, chief
editor of the weekly al-Nabaa, claimed that a former Coptic monk had
practiced prostitution inside the
church. Mahran was highly criticized in Egyptian media and was
accused of
damaging national unity. His
article provoked angry protests by Copts in Assiut and in the main...
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2003
The article reports that expelled monk Barsoum Al-Muharaqi and his brother Girges Saad have been released five weeks ago. This former monk had been involved in a sex scandal that caused lots of furor in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, August 20, 2001
The defense of the editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa quoted Bishop Marqos of Shoubra El-Kheima who said that expelled monks get a chance to repent and return to the monastery. Lawyers for the church objected to this quote and had a loud argument with the defense in the courtroom.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 1, 2001
No lawyer wants to defend the expelled monk Barsoum Al-Moharraqi, whose trial will begin soon. One of the expelled monk’s relatives contacted a Coptic lawyer to defend him. But the lawyer said that his agreement depends on the agreement of Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
The Christian managing editor of Al-Nabaa said that he was shocked when he knew that the paper’s editor-in -chief published the story of the expelled monk. He added that he objected to the publication, believing that it would harm religious feelings but the publication was already decided. He said...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2001
During the State Security Prosecution’s investigation with the Editor-in Chief of Al-Nabaa, he said he thought he was exposing corruption in a sensitive religious place, which means playing a patriotic role and that when he published anything he took into consideration the basic principles of...
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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.