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Date of source: Sunday, January 31, 2010
A new book by Dr. Farīz Samuel responds to the allegations of the atheist critic, Michael Baigent, with regard to Christ’s visit to Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, January 31, 2010
The Nag Hammadi sectarian crime which took place on Coptic Christmas Eve, 6 January, and which left six Copts dead and nine wounded, triggered wide protest and rallies by Copts in places as wide apart as Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Rome, Vienna, Athens and Sydney. Mary Joseph sent Watani live...
Date of source: Sunday, January 17, 2010
This article gives a brief background on the various Christian communities in the Middle East, emphasizing the decline of the Christian population over the last century. This is a result of emigration to western Europe and America, driven by several factors, among them persecution
Date of source: Wednesday, January 13, 2010
In an interview with al-Maydān, Father Marqus ‘Azīz criticizes Islam as calling for violence. He also criticizes what he considered maltreatment against of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, January 8, 2010
Hulsman wrote an article about the shooting in Upper Egypt for the Reformatorisch Dagblad. The church editor changed it substantially and added material from other sources. Hulsman has, therefore, added some comments in the text. Hulsman also gave a radio interview on January 7 to the Dutch radio 1...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Novelist and columnist Alaa al-Aswani looks back to the rejection of a Coptic quota in parliament when the Egyptian Constitution was signed in 1923, and laments how the Copts fortunes have developed in the subsequent 87 years with the rise of Salafism and Wahabism in Egypt. He reminds the reader...
Date of source: Friday, August 28, 2009
The Youth Against Discrimination movement has announced that it will join the Coptic new year strike.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 2, 2009
A Coptic organization calls on Copts inside Egypt and abroad to stage a strike in memory of Coptic victims in Egypt over the past 28 years. The Coptic Orthodox Church and human rights activists rejected the call and doubted its efficiency to solve Copts’ problems. They also rejected any foreign...
Date of source: Sunday, August 30, 2009
The author regrets the irresponsible and sensational way in which the press treats church affairs, and says it is time that the church made official announcements about controversial subjects.
Date of source: Thursday, August 20, 2009
This article sheds light on Christian newspapers in Egypt, especially those which call for sectarian tensions.
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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.