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Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2001
The Supreme Council for Antiquities finished a project recording the icons shown in the Coptic Museum using information technology. The Museum was established in 1910 to fill the gap in the Egyptian art records and to study the history of Christianity in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2001
The biggest and oldest church bell in the world is now lying in the courtyard of the Maronite church in Alexandria. Since it was presented to the church, it has lain there because no building can bear its weight which is 7.5 tons.
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
During his visit to the USA, Pope Shenouda consecrated three churches and laid the cornerstone of a fourth church. He also appointed some clergymen there.
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
The Egyptian Administrative Judgment Court will look into a lawsuit raised against the Minister of Interior and the Coptic Council of Churches accusing them of dishonesty in the last Maglis El-Milli elections.
Date of source: Thursday, May 3, 2001
The Minister of Culture issued a decision according to which the tomb of the Jewish rabbi Yacob Abu Hasera, the surrounding tombs and the hill upon which the tomb is located are to be considered historical monuments.
11. The press release of the US Copts Association about two Coptic children is misleading; more news
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2001
We wrote in the RNSAW, week 17, art. 18, that the information in the April 27 press release of the US Copts Association claiming the Egyptian government "moves to abduct two Coptic children from their own mother and hand them to strangers, under the name of Islam!" is misleading. Both the chairman...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2001
The Maglis El-Milli asked six of its members to conduct a study on sectarian strife incidents and report back to the political establishment. The study was titled "The Coptic issue in Egypt." It reported about the Hamayouni Edict, the Coptic presence in representational councils and assignment to...
Date of source: Friday, May 4, 2001
Brotherhood MPs are preparing a campaign aimed at television, its budget, programs, drama, and the female television announcers. They filed about 500 information requests, choosing popular topics to start crisis: three sex novels published by the Ministry of Culture, the Miss Egypt competition,...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 2, 2001
The Education Minister declared in the Shura Council that extremists controlled 90% of educational institutions in Egypt. He prevented 3,000 teachers from teaching, believing that they taught students extremist ideas. He said that security forces found long-term plans prepared by extremist...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2001 to Friday, May 11, 2001
Islamist lawyers broke into two fronts; one supporting Montasser Al-Zayyat and announced him to be its secretary general. The other front removed him from his position. Al-Zayyat was accused by some members of the Islamist Lawyers’ general assembly of defaming the Islamist Lawyers and seeking...
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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.