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Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
The author tackles the secret churches in Egypt, which Copts are building without having the necessary permission from the government, highlighting the grave consequences of this phenomenon.
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2006
The author deals with the issue of democracy and how Egypt was a liberal state until the
outbreak
of the 1952 revolution that brought a military regime in power, which disbanded all political
parties and
established a one-party system with no clear political agenda in mind.
Date of source: Friday, June 9, 2006
The review deals with the issue of the Bahā’ī faith in Egypt amidst a tug-of -war between supporters of the Egyptian Bahā’īs’ right to have their faith openly registered in their identity cards and those denying them any rights and terming them as infidels or apostates.
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2006
The author criticizes the way the state is dealing with Coptic problems, which only led to
deteriorating relationships between Muslims and Christians in Egypt, and calls for quick political and
constitutional reforms as the only way out of this serious dilemma.
Date of source: Sunday, June 11, 2006
Youssuf Sidhom presents the case of a Copt who was accused of forgery when he attempted to gain a national identity card stating that he was Christian.
Date of source: Thursday, June 1, 2006
The author argues that some demands of expatriate Copts are contradictory.
While they call for the establishment of a secular state, they call for a percentage quota for Copts in the
different institutions of the state, which the author sees as a sectarian approach.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Elizabeth Yell reviews an article, given to AWR by Dr. ‘Alī al- Simmām, head of the Committee of Dialogue and Islamic Relations in the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs, which he found to be highly significant on the changing attitude of the Vatican towards Christians in the Middle East.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 1, 2005
This article is an interview with the head of Cairo Jewish Community, Carmen Weinstein,
who speaks about
the conditions of the few Jews still living in Egypt and their relationship with the Egyptian
government and
Israel.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
Fādī
Habashī interviews Bishop Mousā, the bishop of youth, and discusses
with him the current problems
Copts are facing.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
The main concerns of the Copts that are being discussed are the legislative structure that forms an obstacle to the building of churches and Coptic representation in senior public positions and in parliament. A seminar under the name ‘The Copts of Egypt at a cross-road’ discussed the core of the...
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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.