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Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2002
In 1977, the Bishop of Minya purchased a piece of land in the village of Beni Mahdi in order to build a church to serve the village congregation and those of eight neighbouring villages and hamlets which lacked a local church. The church has been waiting for approval for about a quarter of a...
Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2002
The year report of 2001 including an overview of the special reports written for the RNSAW. The year 2001 was marked by a strong increase in the number of special reports, providing readers with information that is not available elsewhere.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Dr. Nabil Luka Bebawi believes that President Mubarak is the master of national unity in Egypt and that the problems of Copts are domestic problems that should be solved internally without any foreign intervention. He said that there is no religious persecution in Egypt as some people claim.
Date of source: Monday, May 16, 2005
The People’s Assembly of Egypt (Parliament) has decided to ratify a new law, next June, to regulate the building, restoration and preservation of the houses of worship of the three religions.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 21, 2004
In Al-Rehab City [a satellite city northeast of Cairo on Cairo-Suez road], the building of a church was canceled. So Christians living in this city have to attend a church in Cairo, which is very exhausting. There are six mosques inside Al-Rehab City. Both Muslims and Christians contributed to...
Date of source: Thursday, May 6, 2004
A priest and two members of the church board of Taha al-‘Ameda died after an accident with a speeding car driven by a police officer in the early hours of Sunday May 2. Problems started after six meters of a poorly built fence the old Mar Mina church in Taha al-‘Ameda collapsed because of a strong...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 2004
Al-Ahram daily wrote that “The French magazine Le Point has written that Copts enjoy their full legitimate rights and that controversy over Copts’ rights as Egyptian citizens living on equal terms with Muslims, has ended It is clear from the original Le Point text that al-Ahram printed only part of...
Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 2004
Readers might remember the story of the church of the new town of Rihab, to which I referred a few weeks ago. On 26 April, the representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church received the 3000 square meter plot of land allotted to the church in Rihab. The New Urban Communities Authority had...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt used to use the words “Their duties are like our duties and their rights are like our rights.” to explain how they will deal with Copts if they reach power. Regardless of the eliminated phrase “whether they like it or not,” this sentence implies equality, yet there...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
Every time I visit my homeland Egypt, I witness the same misery. I ask them is the church in Mallawi closed and they answer “Unfortunately, yes.” We feel oppressed and deprived because our Muslim brothers have more space to pray than we do, although we make up ninety percent of the area’s...
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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.