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Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2001
President Mubarak stressed that posts in Egypt were not distributed on a sectarian basis but on the basis of efficiency and merit and that there was no discrimination between Muslims and Copts. As for Al-Kosheh rulings, he stressed that there was no intervention in the rulings the court made....
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
The information in this text is based on interviews Ms. Gavlak and Cornelis Hulsman made together with governor Adli Hussein and Bishop Marcos in March 2001 and the documents they provided. The article gives a background of the problems until around April 1.
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2001
The court will issue its final decision concerning the appeals against Al-Kosheh rulings, which was filed by the state prosecutor’s office and the victims’ relatives, on July 30.
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2001
[RNSAW: Michael Meunier, president of the US Copts Association, only refers to the objections of Commissioner Nina Shea of the Freedom House to the report. He is obviously disappointed that all his activism did not produce the results he had wished.]
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2001
The report notices "some recent positive developments in the promotion of religious freedom." The areas of church building and preparing new history textbooks for public school children are explicitly mentioned.
However, the Commission finds that serious problems of discrimination against a number...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Dr. John Watson, a consultant to the Archbishop of Canterbury on Coptic affairs, said that there are very few people, in the West, who know a lot about Islam. People in the West usually say that al-Islambuli murdered Sadat and that sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman is Islam. Dr. Watson said he taught...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Egypt’s General Consul in the USA gave a reception in the Egyptian Consulate to welcome Pope Shenouda. The Pope pointed out the warm welcome that President Mubarak’s visit to the USA was met with, on the part of emigrant Copts. He stressed that the Copts of Egypt are all right and that they are...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2001
The Egyptian Court of Cassation is looking into an appeal filed by the prosecution against Al-Kosheh sentences, amidst expectations of announcing its acceptance of the appeal.
Date of source: Monday, April 30, 2001
The information in the press release of the US Copts Association is misleading, Orthodox Christians in Beni Suef say. Several statements are not true and important information is missing. According to the church in Beni Suef the court case is closed and the children are still with the mother.
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Academic article on the impact of the Coptic lobby outside Egypt, a relatively small group of people who use the latest communication technology to increase their voice.
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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.