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Date of source: Friday, March 17, 2006
Christians who convert to Islam then change their minds and want to return to Christianity face legal problems concerning the religion category on their national identity cards.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
In an interview with Rose al-Yousuf, the head of the Protestant Majlis al-Mīllī or Community Council in Egypt, Rev. Safwat al-Bayyādī speaks about freedom of expression, Coptic marriage, divorce, U.S. Copts’ conferences and more.
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2005
An informed source at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo has denied rumors that the embassy has taken procedures to dismiss 20 Muslim employees working on its premises.
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2005
CSI’s focus on defending the religious freedom of persecuted Christians seems to lead them to very quickly interpret any incident, or rumor of an incident, as persecution. As a response, the author suggests that, rather than sending protest letters to the respective governments, international...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
An article about the Muslim Brotherhood’s intent to establish a state that has a religious, and not civil nature, and the attitude of the Muslim Brotherhood towards the Copts.
Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2006
In an interview, Bishop Marqus, the spokesman of Pope Shenouda III discusses the Muslim Brotherhood, the establishment of religious political parties and the church’s attitude to divorce.
Date of source: Saturday, March 4, 2006 to Friday, March 10, 2006
The author discusses the grave threats posed by minorities in countries like Iraq, Syria and Lebanon as sectarian strife and clashes between Sunnis and Shi’ites in Iraq takes its toll on the country’s stability.
Date of source: Friday, December 12, 2003
The author gives a brief idea about the five Christian denominations in the Arab world, the numbers of their followers and their distinguishing beliefs. These five denominations are: The Greek Orthodox, the Assyrians, the non-Chalcedonian Orthodox, the Catholics and the Protestants. He states that...
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2003
The statements made by Pope Shenouda in his interview with Al-Musawwar magazine have met with mixed reactions, especially what he said about reserving a certain number of parliamentary seats for Copts. Some people expressed doubts that the pope made such a statement. Others condemned it and a third...
Date of source: Saturday, October 11, 2003 to Friday, October 17, 2003
The author praised Al-Musawwar magazine for the important interview it had with His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. Still, he expressed objections to the opinions the pope concerning the participation of Copts in elections and their representation in the People´s Assembly.
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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.