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Date of source: Friday, April 9, 1999
The icon is one of the most important features of the Coptic heritage. It is considered as a kind of a drawing message so that the illiterate person can easily understand it. It is a simple art, but it expresses individuality and independence.
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999
Mustafa Kamal Pasha, the head of the Nationalist Party and the editor of the Liwa’ newspaper around 1900, was accused of being an extremist and persecuting the Copts in Egypt. But his Christian friends like Sinut Hanna, Kalini Fahmi, Wisa Wasef and Murqus Hanna defended him against the British...
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Copts prepare to celebrate Easter next Sunday [11 April 1999], and Egypt’s monasteries are making ready. It is the desert fathers who caused the monastic movement to bloom worldwide, and it is their spiritual heirs who continue to take the vows today.."
Date of source: Monday, April 12, 1999
Pope Shenouda III received an invitation from the Vatican to participate in its celebrations of the third millennium measured from the birth of Jesus Christ.
Date of source: Sunday, April 11, 1999
The Egyptian Church has played an important patriotic role throughout historical eras. Under this theme, the Minister of Culture, Dr. Farouq Hosni and General Secretary of the Higher Council of Culture, Dr. Gaber Asfour, inaugurated a symposium title: The Patriotic Role of the Egyptian Church...
Date of source: Saturday, April 10, 1999
No one can accuse another of apostasy or treason since such a deed was only known during the Middle Ages, and cannot be accepted in our era of human rights. Apostasy, in its profound meaning, is denying the existence of God or worshipping idols or similar things
Date of source: Wednesday, April 14, 1999
The real issue in the current controversy surrounding Najwa Karam, the Lebanese singer, is that of incriminating people without proof, of passing judgment on them without hearing their defense. The case of Ms. Karam could occur in totalitarian regimes, not in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, April 10, 1999 to Friday, April 16, 1999
The Charge: "She insults religion, despises and ridicules the Prophet."
Thus accused, her punishment was immediately issued - without trial.
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Police at Cairo Airport denied Lebanese singer Najwa Karam entry last Thursday and sent her back to Beirut aboard the same plane she had boarded to Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Only two days after Egypt’s largest militant Islamist organization, Al-Gama’a Al-Islameyya, announced its decision to stop all anti-government attacks, the underground Islamic Jihad said in a statement that it would continue the "struggle", mainly against the United States and Israel.
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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.