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Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2005
A paper presented at the annual interfaith dialogue meeting of the Anglican communion and the Permanent Committee of the Azhar al-Sharif for Dialogue with the Monotheistic Religions that prompted criticism from Metropolitan Seraphim for the portrayal of Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, May 31, 2003 to Friday, June 6, 2003
The Administrative Court will decide next week about a lawsuit filed by a Coptic lawyer against the Minister of Interior over the Hamayouni law concerning the procedure for obtaining permits for church building. The lawyer argues that the Ministry of Interior has issued a decree regulating church...
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2003
Michael Meunier and Sabri F. Gohara of the US Copts Association attack Father Marcos who had asked the Egyptian public to understand their position. Meunier’s attack aims at destroying Father Marcos’ credibility through presenting his character in the most negative way possible instead of focusing...
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2003
Father Marcos asks readers of Sout al-Umma to understand the position of Michael Meunier but also has some words of advise for Meunier, primarily not to use the word ‘minority’ and respect the unity between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 12, 2003
This article criticizes the lies of the US Copts Association that were earlier spread via paid advertisements in American newspapers. This time, however, emigrant Copts were given a chance to voice their claims in the United Nations (UN) during a meeting of the Human Rights Committee.
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2003
The Church of the Virgin Mary in the village of al-Munshaa al Kobra has been trying to obtain a building license for an old age home attached to it. However, the authorities deal with the building as a church building and not as an ordinary building. Thus the project should go along the road...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
The primary civil court of Northern Cairo has overturned the complaint filed by Sabr ī Sayf Youn ān, against Pope Shenouda, the Cairo Governor and the Chief of Rawd al-Faraj ward. The complaint had demanded the removal of the buildings recently constructed at the church, which is named after the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
The church in Alexandria objected a decision by the governor to turn a plot of land, mortgaged years ago to the governorate, into a garage. The church wants the land to be used as a park.
Date of source: Sunday, July 24, 2005
In January 2002, Bishop Marqus of Shubra al-Kheima, purchased a 1351-square-metre plot of land for the construction of a church and a building to house the social service activities the church planned to offer to some 400 families who lived in the vicinity. The land was officially registered in...
Date of source: Sunday, June 19, 2005
Watani has been closely following the draft unified law for building places of worship, now under consideration by Parliament. The law was proposed by Mr Mohamed Guwaily, and was referred by the Speaker of the Parliament, Mr Fathi Sorour, to the parliamentary committee for suggestions and...
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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.