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Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2004
There has recently been an uproar against [prominent dramatist] Usama Anwar Okasha for allegedly transgressing against Islam. This article presents his opinions.
Date of source: Thursday, April 7, 2005
The website “al-Aqbāt Mutahidoun” [Copts united] posted an article urging Christians
to run for the presidential election. The article states ten reasons to participate.
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2005
A recorded sermon by a new dā‘iya [a man who calls for Islam] called Shaykh Mus‘ad Nour, is selling like hot cakes on the market. On the tape, which is not authorized by the Azhar, the censorship authorities or any other organization, the unknown Shaykh says that the niqāb is a religious duty...
Date of source: Saturday, February 19, 2005
Michael Munīr, who was born in al-Minyā in 1968, emigrated to the US in 1990, chooses his words carefully and loves exaggerative statements. His statements give the impression that Egypt is ruled by a gang that slaughters, kidnaps, and steals from Copts. His statements also imply that Egypt needs...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
During an interview with al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī magazine, Anbā Bīsantī, Bishop of Hilwān and al-Ma‘sara, asserted that “the absence of democracy during late President ‘Abd al-Nāsir’s time reflected on the Copts.”
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2005
The persons who offer the enemies of the state, hiding under the cloak of ‘human rights,’ ‘minorities’ rights’ and ‘freedom of worship,’ weapons to tarnish its image and defaming it cannot but be lacking awareness.
Date of source: Friday, January 14, 2005
The Qur’ān has never used the language of intimidation or terrorism to impose the Muslim point of view. On the contrary, the Qur’ān clearly states that “There is no compulsion in religion” [Chapter of al-Baqara (the Cow) 2: 256], giving people the freedom to believe whatever they choose to believe...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
When ‘Amr Bin al-‘Āss conquered Egypt, Islam did not only free land and religious consciousness from the Roman Byzantine colonization, but also freed the Egyptian Orthodox churches.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2005
The remains of Mark the Apostle remained in the hands of Egyptian Christians since his martyrdom in his church in Bolka [Alexandria] in 68 AD. The body remained there during the Byzantine rule. During the period of Pope Kyrillos VI, Pope Paul VI agreed to Pope Kyrillos’s demand to return the body...
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2001
The article gives an overview of the patriotic role Copts played throughout the history of Egypt. It also speaks about Christianity in Egypt and how it stood against atheist movements and laid the foundations of true Christianity for the Christian world.
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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.