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Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
The stormy debate over the new NGOs law has not abated. It is claimed that the new law, which was endorsed by the People’s Assembly before it went into recess a few days ago, was maliciously designed by the government to firmly control NGOs. It is alleged that the law was put forward after some...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
Some extremist Coptic groups are attempting to provoke tensions during President Mubarak’s visit to the United States. The Egyptian Ambassador to the USA in an interview discusses some of the attacks and Egypt’s position.
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
Dr. Boutros Ghali, secretary-general of a francophone organization [and former secretary-general of the UN], affirmed that President Hosni Mubarak has succeeded in containing fundamentalism and achieved [political and social] stability. In a radio statement in Washington, Ghali said: "Persecution...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 1999
While the author was a student he was acquainted with a lot of Christians who were studying with him in the same apartment because they were in the same year. It was noticed that no one was shy of the other. They used to discuss everything freely. Suddenly, they discovered that there are...
Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 1999
The problem addressed in this article is what happens in one of the most prestigious medical schools in the Middle east; Kasr Al-Aini, particularly in the "Gynecology and Delivery section". There is no right for Christian doctors to be specialized in this section. This oppression is a result of a...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 1999 to Friday, June 25, 1999
A list of examples of Copts known for their patriotic stands is given. The article is a response to the current campaign in the USA to highlight the alleged persecution of Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 1999
When discussing Coptic concerns the case of constructing new church buildings comes up. The problem lies in ten conditions, which were put at the time of the Osmanli rule (1934) for building churches which make the obtaining of building permits very difficult. The government is now studying and...
Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 1999
A cheap and senseless intervention in Egyptian internal affairs is currently being launched through a number of platforms: big American newspapers, false advertisements campaigning against Egypt through allegations of persecution of Copts, circulation in the US Congress of reports and statements...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 23, 1999
Today morning, Pope Shenouda announces that the Coptic Waqf system has regained back all the lands that had been taken from it by force. This problem was solved with the help of the Islamic Waqf Ministry [the ministry entrusted with government supervision of estates in mortmain].
Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 1999
The Ministry of Waqfs (Religious Endowments) has recently handed over 14 more feddans [a feddan is an area approximately equal to an acre] of land to the Coptic Church. This takes to around 680 feddans the total number of feddans of land endowments delivered back to the church to the Church since...
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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.