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Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2000
Christians dwelling in the new cities are suffering in terms of meeting their spiritual needs. No churches are built there. The thought of purchasing a land to build a church, will cost them to meet the complications of the authorities. If they succeed in overcoming this, they will get caught in...
Date of source: Monday, April 24, 2000
For three days, Al-Khanka had lived in nervousness after a sit-in-strike, by Copts inside a Church which was closed ten years ago, threatened to cause communal unrest. The published report tells of the crisis, and the wise role of Pope Shenouda who was responsible for it ending peacefully.
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2000
Al-Ashmounain village in Al-Minya governorate is one of the main stations of the Holy Family. In spite of its historic importance, the security forces shut down the church in 1986 for "security reasons". What is really amazing is that when the people asked to re-open and restore the church, their...
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2000
In this article, Youssef Sidhom wrote about "Unifying the rules that control building, expanding and restoring the worship places in order to achieve equality among all citizens in spite of their different religions." Sidhom wants equal rules for building mosques and churches.
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2000
As usual the Copts’ case had the priority in the meetings that were held between the American Congress members and the "Knocking At Doors" Committee. What was really amazing for the Congress members was that they were asking questions about the Copts situation in Egypt and the people who were...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2000
The Truth, an e-mail service of American Copts, probably related to one of the Coptic associations, sent out a text which claims that Coptic Christians are persecuted in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
Last week, the committee for following-up the restoration works of the antique churches continued their meetings at the location of the Supreme Council for Antiquities in the Bahri area. The names of those on the committee are given and an overview of the current work being done on Red Sea...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
The letter of the Bishop of Deir Mawass in Minya governorate to Watani newspaper, which was published under in the article titled: "The Echoes of the Statement of the Hundred", provoked rage in the hearts of Muslims and Christians together. They protest that his narration of the matter he relates...
Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2000
The human rights committees in the American State Department issued this week a report that criticized the Egyptian authorities for prosecuting those who claim to be prophets, some alleged Egyptian policies towards women, and some practices deemed to be prejudiced against Christians.
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2000
This is a statement about the recent events of Al-Kosheh. Hundreds of cultured people in Egypt signed it. These people care about the country’s concerns.
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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.