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Date of source: Thursday, July 12, 2007
The article discusses the ongoing reactions in the Catholic Church in Egypt to the controversial statements of Bishop Bīshūy which deemed Catholics apostates and threatened them with eternal punishment unless they abandon their Catholicism and embrace Coptic Orthodoxy.
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2007
Coptic Orthodox activist laymen call to change the list of rules and legislations regulating the election of the Coptic patriarch. A Coptic Orthodox member of the Council of State sent a letter to President Mubārak with suggested rules.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Islamic writer Jamal al-Banna states that it has been quite common for Christians and Jews to convert to Islam to avoid persecution and then leave the religion when the danger has passed.
An American document allegedly claiming direct aid should preferably go to locations of high density Coptic...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The author reviews a publication entitled, ‘Treasures of Coptic Art,’ that was released concurrently with the re-opening of the Coptic Museum in Cairo. She highlights factors of the book.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The article considers the role of Copts in politics and parliament. He questions why so few Copts ever attain political appointments, and presents the viewpoints of those who believe the Copts already play an adequate role in parliament, and those who believe that further involvement is necessary.
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2007
Bishop Bisantī confessed that the church took a census of the number of Copts in Egypt, which revealed that their numbers exceed 15 million.
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2007
The author questions what sources Bishop Bisantī relied on when he revealed the results of a census taken to determine the number of Copts in Egypt, especially since the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics denied authorizing any census of the number of Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The first article of the Constitution affirms the principle of citizenship regardless of the number of Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
The following article presents an interview with Coptic Catholic Metropolitan Kyrillos William, bishop of Assuit. Metropolitan William speaks about the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt in general and Assiut in particular. He provides information about the number of Coptic Catholics in Egypt and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2007
The following lines present a summary of an interview with Bishop Paphnotius, author of the controversial book ‘Hatmiyyat al-Nuhūd bi al-‘Amal al-Kanasī’ [The Inevitability of Developing the Church Functions.]. Bishop Baphnotius express his viewpoints from different issues related to the Coptic...
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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.