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Cairo is hosting the first world conference on Muslim-Christian dialogue between the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue (IIFD) and the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC).
All the attempts to ignite sectarian problems to undermine national unity were sure doomed to failure. Although the Copts, out of an entrenched sense of belongingness, have always rejected colonialist intrigues to strike at the very heart the country’s unity, some fanatics emerge from time to time...
Curricula, social laws, economic and political legislations are derived from the remarkable prestigious status of religion in Arab countries. Moreover, it is the dominant theme in the public’s mind and the main purpose for communities where ignorance, poverty, fallacies, and backwardness prevail....
After the Wafā’ Costantine issue came to an end, three demands that need to be fulfilled were brought forth, so that similar incidents can be avoided and solutions found to Coptic grievances.
Michael Munīr, who was born in al-Minyā in 1968, emigrated to the US in 1990, chooses his words carefully and loves exaggerative statements. His statements give the impression that Egypt is ruled by a gang that slaughters, kidnaps, and steals from Copts. His statements also imply that Egypt needs...
Copts in Egypt are complaining about the organized separation, discrimination, and exclusion that they are facing. Egyptian officials maintain that no problem exists.
For Arab Christians, this Christmas my have been a time for introspection, but for Arab Muslims it was time for some serious thinking. The last holiday season more than any other in recent memory witnessed events of inclusions and exclusion, both sad and dramatic, symbolically.
American laws have been issued to protect the Copts, “the happiest minority in the world” – as put by Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazālī.
Freedom to change religion, constructing churches, and employment without discrimination based on religion are the main controversial issues between the Church and the state. They also constitute the potential sources of any conflict that may arise between the two sides.
The persons who offer the enemies of the state, hiding under the cloak of ‘human rights,’ ‘minorities’ rights’ and ‘freedom of worship,’ weapons to tarnish its image and defaming it cannot but be lacking awareness.

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