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Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
Frequently questions are asked about why this accident had to happen. Was it a punishment of God? Was it a terrorist attack directed against Christians? The author ponders a number of answers given by Christians and Muslims in Egypt as well as questions asked and claims made by Coptic organizations...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
The author relates two different versions of the accident which happened on Friday July 23, 1999 involving a truck and two buses carrying young people from Mar Girgis Church in Heliopolis in which many of the bus passengers died. He asks what will happen regarding the department which issued the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 1999
The results of Mubarak’s last visit to America were amazing. Due to the stream of claims that was spreading everywhere about the persecution of the Copts in Egypt, the emigrant Copts decided to start their way in establishing an Egyptian lobby.
Date of source: Thursday, July 15, 1999 to Wednesday, July 21, 1999
In an unprecedented move, three human rights groups - the Centre for Human Rights Legal Aid (CHRLA), Al-Nadim Center for the Management and Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence and the Human Rights Center for the Assistance of Prisoners (HRCAP) - held a press conference to discuss their first...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999
The claims of persecution failed because they were groundless. The attempts of Egypt’s enemies are repeated year after the other, but all this ends always in a fiasco. This year the claims of the persecution failed due to the efforts of Drs. Cornelius Hulsman, editor of the Religious News Service [...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999
It is painful to work hard for the sake of your own people and then find them putting obstacles in your way instead of encouraging and thanking you. This is really what happened to President Mubarak before and during his visit to the USA. But the truth was revealed and the President was honored by...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 1999
Arab countries with an independent attitude to foreign policy are singled out for attacks by the Western media, particularly American, which is for the most part financed by Zionists. American media exploits every opportunity for bitterly criticizing Arab countries with the apparent aim of...
Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 1999
While President Mubarak was receiving his honorary doctorate in law from Washington University, a group of people were standing in front of the doors of the university distributing leaflets which included an approximate drawing for a church, which looks much like the American ones, and there is a...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999
The head of the City Council was elected. They have chosen the counselor, Hanna Nashed, as the new head of the City Council. This choice shows that there is no persecution of the Copts in Egypt. There is real unity between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 1999 to Wednesday, July 7, 1999
During his discussions with congressmen, Moussa conceded that there were "incidents here and there [of religious discrimination] which should not have taken place." But he also emphasized that these were "individual occurrences which could happen in any country and society." In the same breath, he...
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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.