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Date of source: Thursday, December 20, 2001
The press release of the US Copts Association gives a distorted picture of the events around the church in al-Ubur City. The RNSAW asked Coptic Orthodox Bishop Marcos of Shubra Al-Kheima, to whose diocese Medinet Al-Ubur or Al-Ubur City belongs, for information about the events.
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2001 to Friday, November 30, 2001
The director of the Cairo Press Center said that foreign correspondents were, most of the time, objective in expressing the different opinions and information they get. He explained that editorials and articles may be biased and subjective but news reports are objective. The head of the Foreign...
Date of source: Saturday, November 24, 2001 to Friday, November 30, 2001
The author believes BBC, CNN and al-Gezira have not provided objective reports about the war against the Taleban and the Al-Qa’ida movement.
Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2001
Al-Usbua of November 5 claimed Dr. Tareq Mitri and father Khalid Akasheh rejected describing Islam as a heavenly religion in the final session of a Muslim-Christian conference. Dr. Mitri wrote the RNSAW and denied he said this. Dr. Muhammad Selim Al-Awa supports Dr. Mitri and praises him for his...
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2001
What Al-Arabi published about the article of Youssef Sidhom pushed the author to think about the role Arab-Christians play concerning the issue of Jerusalem. He reached the conclusion that the issue of the Arab identity of Jerusalem is one of the things to prove that Copts agree with the rest of...
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2001
Many writers criticized Youssef Sidhom for his article "Why did Egyptian Students demonstrate?" Those who commented on Sidhom’s article did well by not giving their comments a religious dimension. Many Muslims adopted an even worse attitude than that of Sidhom and no one criticized them.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2001
Many Christians commented on Al-Arabi’s article "Americanized Christians turning against the pope" which criticized an article by Youssef Sidhom. All comments assured the solidarity of Egyptian people, from all religions, towards the Arab-Israeli conflict. The same comments showed that many...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
Nagy George is very upset about the way some US Copts write about Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt. He commented on an unpublished letter of a Canadian Copt to the editor of Al-Ahali. George stressed that Copts are not a minority in Egypt and it is the role played by emigrant Copts that pushes...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
An emigrant Copt sent a letter to the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahali, complaining about an article by the Christian columnist Nagy George, who criticized Michael Meunier for writing lies in a press release claiming that the Egyptian police had fired rubber bullets against an exaggerated large number...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 25, 2001
The author expressed the opinion that what Sout Al-Umma published about the 70,000 Copts forging police reports to get American nationality was no better than what Al-Nabaa published, saying that Copts are disloyal to Egypt. He added that because of believing in the good attentions of the paper,...
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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.