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Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 2004
Due to his interest in Islamic sciences and profound search for the essence of Islam, Judge Edwar Ghali Al-Dahabi, former head of State Lawsuits Authority, was granted the first-class medal of science and art during the celebrations of the Birthday of Prophet Muhammad in 1994 to be the first Copt...
Date of source: Monday, November 1, 2004
A play authored and directed on the website of Archpriest Zakaria Botros featured two Christians by the names Basem Muhammad Said and Nahed Metwalli. Both of them announced they were Muslims before they converted to Christianity.
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
We wonder why Pope Shenouda did not investigate Zakariya Botros’s insults against Islam. Accountant and researcher in Coptic affairs Kamal Zakhir Moussa says that the church has to declare its official stance towards Zakariya Botros. He also asks Pope Shenouda to be more definite and transparent...
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 2004
The Egyptian church issued statements stressing that it has nothing to do with archpriest Zakariya Botros, whose name became associated with a series of problems he caused through discussing faith-related matters. In spite of this, books authored by Archpriest Botros are sold in Christian bookshops...
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 2004
A girl called Asmaa Muhammad Zaki who suffers from mental illness, disappeared. This girl’s father accidentally found out that his daughter converted to Christianity.
On another level, an extremist priest called Marcos Zakariya [the correct name is Zakariya Botros See AWR 2004, week 22, art. 24]...
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 2004
Sectarian clashes between Christians and Muslims flared up on the Internet and satellite TV channels at the time of the suspicious visit of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, which came to Egypt with the aim of creating friction.
Date of source: Friday, May 20, 2005
Arab Satellite channels can be judged from the perspective of being in a development stage and thus needing more time to mature. But the dilemma is that they do not follow logical stages in development. They are indigenous establishments that seek propaganda and sensationalize the news.
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
In the satellite channel Al-Hayah [Life], a man wearing the uniform of a priest and a woman in her 50s talk continuously about Islam and Christianity. They preach Christianity, but, unfortunately they attack Islam and talk in a sarcastic way about the Prophet and his companions, and the Qur’an....
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 2004
The TV Channel of Al-Hayat, broadcast on the European Satellite, claims to be calling for Christianity and at the same time it is quite far from Christian morals that urge tolerance and respect to the faiths of others. A large number of Coptic intellectuals became aware of the threats posed by the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
The sparks of sectarian strife increases daily, and everyone must take a firm stance on the issue in order to quell that fire. This time, sectarian strife is seen through the media in the press and on satellite channels, which anger both Muslims and Christians.
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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.