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Date of source: Sunday, April 8, 2001
A suspicious pamphlet from an unknown source asked for direct American intervention in Egypt’s affairs and for the American Marine forces to be stationed in Egypt to defend [American] foreign affairs here. It considered Copts as American subjects not as Egyptian citizens. It mentioned that churches...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Most of the Coptic organizations abroad do not hide their readiness to cooperate with Israel to reach their targets. For them Israel is like any western country they resort to. The members of Californian Coptic Organization reject completely the idea of establishing a Coptic state in Upper Egypt....
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Rafique Iscander, the head of the American Coptic Union, sent a letter to President Bush. In this letter he made the events in southern Sudan, the crimes of the civil war in Lebanon and the individual incidents that took place in Egypt appear similar. He wrote that in return for the aid Egypt...
Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2001 to Friday, April 13, 2001
Contrary to what happened during Mubarak’s last visit to the USA, the majority of emigrant Copts came to greet Mubarak in a civilized way, asking him to order a resumption of the investigations into Al-Kosheh incidents. Rafique Iscander and Moheb Michael, head of the Soldiers of the Cross, were...
Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2001 to Friday, April 13, 2001
The American Coptic Association mentioned that Bishop Yo’annis, secretary to Pope Shenouda, joined Islam under threats from Muslims during Al-Kosheh incidents and that father Bola of Al-Kosheh church, and Bishop Wissa of El-Balyana were witnesses to the incident.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2001
[The RNSAW published a summary of this article in week 12A, art. 17. In this issue you find a full translation of this text upon the request of a user of the RNSAW]
Foreign press, emigrant Copts and some Christians in Egypt were furious when Counselor Mohammed Afifi judged 92 out of the 96...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
The article explains how religious freedom is a basis of Islamic Shari’a [law]. It mentions many Qur’anic verses which show that the Islamic Shari’a disregards every act done under force, for this does not agree with the Islamic principle of free consideration and choice.
Date of source: Friday, April 6, 2001
The Islamic Research Institute rejected Prof. Abdel-Mo’ti Bayoumi’s fatwa that allows a woman to host a zygote of a couple not capable of having children. Many scholars regard the host mother to be an adulteress.
Date of source: Friday, April 6, 2001
The new General Secretary of the Labor Party said that the party’s paper would be open to the Brotherhood as they have a common goal in bringing Egypt back to its Islamic civilization. He added that accusing him of co-operating with the Brotherhood members of parliament in trying to pressure the...
Date of source: Thursday, April 5, 2001
Magdi Hussein was chosen to succeed Adel Hussein as secretary general of the Labor Party. The son of the party’s president considered choosing Hussein to be illegal because the party’s activities have been banned since last May. He believes that choosing Hussein serves only to increase the Party’s...
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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.