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Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
The first International Symposium on Egypt’s Cops took place in Zurich, Switzerland, between September 23 and September 25, 2004. This important event was organized by Mr. Adly Youssef, a leading Copt who lives in Switzerland, and was sponsored by "Christian Solidarity International" (CSI), "The...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
An analysis of the present policies of the State and the government, and their current method of dealing with the problems of Egyptians in general and Copts in particular make me no optimist.
A long history of official disregard and denial of the curtailment of Coptic citizenship rights appears to...
Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2004
The Coptic issue is one of the most important in the Egyptian question’s political file. Copts’ political, religious and cultural demands have been a pressing issue of tension. The inter-Coptic discourse, some of which can be spotted in the writings of some Coptic Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic...
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
News often gets reported without checking the facts. This is what WorldNetDaily.com did when it reported about the press release of the US Copts Association. Press releases such as this one create confusion and make Copts in the US grow apart from Copts in Egypt. Some activists in the US believe...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The head of Al-Ubor city ordered his police forces to destroy the only Church in the city just hours after the church opened its doors and held its first prayer meeting according to a Press release sent out by the US Copts Association. The Coptic Orthodox Church had obtained all proper permissions...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The Anglican General Synod of Australia accepted a resolution speaking about persecution of Christians in Egypt. The resolution was accepted without consulting the Anglican bishop in Cairo or Anglican experts in England who are well acquainted with the church in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
There had been an aggressive campaign in the Egyptian press in general accusing emigrant Copts of being spies for America and western countries. The World Center for Human Rights calls for all those in charge to stop all this type of news that damages social unity and stabilityAccording to a press...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2001
The author finds it strange that a distinction is always made between emigrant Copts and Egyptian emigrants. They are described as betrayers, although their comments on the affairs of Egypt are a sign that they still believe they are Egyptians. The author believes that Egypt can benefit from its...
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...
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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.