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Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2001
The author comments on the story of the former monk, published in the paper under the title, "Entering a monastery." He believes that this person was not a monk at all. He wonders why he stayed for 11 years, tolerating all the horrors he saw and did not leave earlier.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2001
Fa’iq Bolous, the former monk, who left monasticism after spending eleven years in one of Wadi Al-Natroun’s monasteries, continues his confession. He said that Father Matta Al-Maskeen is the reason for the suffering of the monks in Wadi Al-Natroun and that Pope Shenouda said that the monastery of...
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2001
The Egyptian parliament discussed changing the law of citizenship allowing the children of Egyptian women, whose non-Egyptian husbands were dead, absent, or who had divorced them, to be Egyptian citizens. The Ministries of Interior and Justice rejected the proposal as it conflicts with the...
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2001
The Sheikh of the Azhar declared that it is permitted for a Muslim man to marry an Israeli woman because the Qur’an allows marriage between Muslims and people of the book [Christians and Jews]. This kind of marriage, according to the Grand Imam, was permitted only out of necessity and marriage to...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2001
There was discrepancy between the news published about the celebration of the mulid of Abu Hasera. Al-Qahira wrote that Israel did not cancel the mulid. This statement quoted the Israeli newspapers, which in turn quoted the official statement of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. Al-Gomhoriyya reported...
Date of source: Thursday, February 1, 2001 to Wednesday, February 7, 2001
Christian pilgrims, on the route of the Holy Family, were surprised to discover that the so-called worshipping tree in the Muslim village of Nezlet Abed, near the pilgrimage site at Giebel Al Teir, had been chopped into pieces by local farmers. Local Christians claim the tree was 2000 year old and...
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2001
The article is the text of a message Bishop Gregorios sent to the late sheikh Sha’arawi about the latter’s comments on Christian beliefs about the nature of Jesus Christ. The author believes that publishing this sensitive message is a way of bringing Christians and Muslims closer together.
Date of source: Sunday, February 4, 2001
A Presidential decree removed from the governors their right to make decisions on renovation or restoration requests, for places of worship, giving this right to the relevant authorities within the governorates instead. The governor of Assiut sent letters to the relevant authorities within the...
Date of source: Friday, February 2, 2001
The Grand Sheikh of the Azhar said that meetings between Muslims and Christians always serve justice by supporting victims of injustice, especially as all heavenly religions call for cooperation, justice and virtue. He said this during his meeting with Gregorios Laham, the Catholic Patriarch of...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 30, 2001
The administration of Human Rights in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a meeting with the head of the office for religious freedom of the United States. The discussion was about the meaning of religious freedom. There was a tangible change in Americans’ perception of the Egyptian social fiber...
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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.