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Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
Our crisis is that we have people like Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, who wears the cowboy outfit and a hat and often forgets that he is Egyptian. He behaves as if he were “high commissioner.” Ibrahim is an ugly example of foreign interference in the country’s affairs. He preaches theories and ideas that...
Date of source: Sunday, January 30, 2005
A large number of Copts in France assembled for a peaceful march on January 23 to revive the 5th anniversary of the incidents of al-Kushh, a small Egyptian village that witnessed acts of violence claiming the lives of a number of Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 12, 2005
I remember some happenings from my childhood. I remember that some of the neighbors I used to play with were Armenians and Levantine, but I also remember that the Copts we used to play with were our closest brothers as we were all the children of one nation, Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
One cannot just disregard the so-called ‘Wafā’ Costantine issue’ as a mere incident. The conversion of Wafā’ from Christianity to Islam was perceived as a desertion from the Coptic group and institution. It triggered a collective Coptic reaction expressive of feelings of total rejection.
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2005
Prominent Egyptian intellectual and scientist Dr. Rushdy Said noted that two contradicting traditions govern the relationship between Muslims and Copts in Egypt: the first fosters brotherhood and understanding while the second encourages suspicion and hatred. I remembered this as I read the book Al...
Date of source: Thursday, November 15, 2001 to Wednesday, November 21, 2001
Could the current US-led coalition war against Afghanistan result in tensions between Egypt’s two major religions? In Lebanon the split between Christians and Muslims has widened as each has taken the opposite side. Egypt, however, has experienced nothing of this kind.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
The author believes that most of the comments that were written on Al-Nabaa’s article about the expelled monk, especially those connecting it with national unity, lacked correct judgment. He is of the opinion that Al-Nabaa’s problem had nothing to do with national unity and that the whole story was...
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2001
The Cassation Court accepted the appeals presented by the Prosecutor General and the families of the victims of Al-Kosheh riots against the rulings handed down in the case. The court decided to retry all 92 defendants of the case under a different Assiut court.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 31, 2001
The Cassation Court accepted the appeals presented by the Prosecutor General and the families of the victims of Al-Kosheh riots against the rulings handed down in the case. The court decided to retry all the 92 defendants of the case by a different Assiut court.
Date of source: Saturday, July 21, 2001
The Egyptian Court of Cassation is expected to agree on the appeal filed by the State Security Prosecution against the light sentences handed down in the case of Al-Kosheh riots.
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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.