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Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Dr. John Watson, a consultant to the Archbishop of Canterbury on Coptic affairs, said that there are very few people, in the West, who know a lot about Islam. People in the West usually say that al-Islambuli murdered Sadat and that sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman is Islam. Dr. Watson said he taught...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2001
On his tour of the USA, Pope Shenouda declared that emigrant Copts are Egyptians and their love of and fidelity to Egypt was something beyond question. He said that keeping the reputation of Egypt and its dignity was the responsibility of all its children.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Egypt’s General Consul in the USA gave a reception in the Egyptian Consulate to welcome Pope Shenouda. The Pope pointed out the warm welcome that President Mubarak’s visit to the USA was met with, on the part of emigrant Copts. He stressed that the Copts of Egypt are all right and that they are...
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 Middle East Council of Churches held its meetings in Iran this time. The Council’s leaders had a Christian-Muslim dialogue with Iranian leaders regarding the Palestinian case as well as issuing a statement condemning the Israeli attacks on the original inhabitants of the country.
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2001
Bishop Bissenti of Al-Masara stressed that Egypt’s Islam and Christianity is something that belongs to Egyptians and that the US do not care about Muslims or Christians. He added that he did not care about abolishing the Hamayouni law. He just wanted churches and mosques to be treated in the same...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
A Christian mother and Muslim father are battling in a US civil court for custody of their 3 small children. The father has asked the courts to give him sole custody of the children in order to ensure that the children to be "influenced" by Christianity. It does appear that the court will strip the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2001
Press release about the struggle over the custody of two children in Egypt. The problem started with a Christian converting to Islam in 1991 in order to obtain a divorce from his wife. In 1996 he returned to Christianity but this is considered apostasy in Islam and is not recognized according to...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2001
Yemen offered the British government to exchange five British citizens jailed in Aden for the Egyptian fundamentalist, Abu Hamza Al Masri, who was said to have sent these five to Aden. It asked Britain to hand over Abu Hamza Al Masri, wanted in Yemen, to be prosecuted according to Yemeni law.
Date of source: Saturday, April 21, 2001 to Friday, April 27, 2001
When the Ottoman Empire became a major world-power, controlling the East and the holy places, a number of Italian monks, fearing that the Empire would prevent them visiting the holy places in Palestine, decided to build a new Jerusalem on top of an Italian mountain to be used for pilgrimages.
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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.