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Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000 to Friday, January 14, 2000
While Egyptians where preparing to celebrate Christmas and Eid Al-Fitr - the gift of God - that was sent to Egypt this year to confirm the unity of its people, the incidents of Al-Koshh came to spoil all that joy and happiness and cast depressing shadows on that occasion that comes only every...
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000
Dr. Hamdy Zaqzouq minister of Awqaf [religious endowments] said that the Egyptian people are one fabric and that there is no difference between a Muslim and a Christian.
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2000
Mr. Ahmed Abdel-Aziz Bakr, governor of Sohag has yesterday morning visited the Cathedral of the Coptic Orthodox and the orphans in the organization of the Christian Beit Al-Rahma [House of Mercy], accompanied by Bishop Bakhoum, bishop of Sohag and the political, executive and people’s leaders and...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2000
On January 7th, the Christians celebrated the holy Christmas and on January 8th, the Muslims celebrated a holy Lesser Bairam. During these hours and feasts, the wise men of the country were trying to collect the people and solve their problems, instead of leaving the fire turned on. The Christians...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 11, 2000
Egypt had witnessed some great days in which the Muslims and Christians shared their festivals together. Egypt’s atmosphere was full of love, tolerance, and faithfulness. The Muslims and Christians used to share their fasting together and to pray together in order to protect Egypt and establish...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 11, 2000
In the absence of democratic freedom, it is impossible to solve the problems of unemployment, poverty, deterioration of living conditions and the collapse of living standards for millions of the people of this nation and the lagging areas in it, especially in Upper Egypt. All that creates a...
Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2000
The disaster of Al-Koshh has shaken Egyptian feelings. It hit everybody with fear and worry about the future of the nation that is threatened by anonymous hands seeking to destroy its stability and national unity. There is no doubt that these incidents... raise many important questions. ... The...
Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2000
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Gamal Asad: There is a crisis that should be handled and a priest whose role should be restricted
Rafiq Habib: The violence of any organization is less dangerous than public violence
Yunan Labib Rizq: It is neither an individual problem nor a conspiracy but it is an issue related to...
Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2000
Between the celebrations of New Year and the [end of the] second millennium, and Eid Al-Fitr, some did not want people to enjoy the rest of the celebration of good days. The blow was hard and cruel, directly to the heart. The flames of conflicts ignited again in Al-Koshh, one of the most famous...
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2000
The reconciliation committee that was formed to restore accordance between Moslems and Christians in Al-Koshh continues its meetings to reach complete stability to ensure that conflicts will not rise again in the village. ... An official source... suggested changing the name of Al-Koshh village to...
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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.