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Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2001
Coptic writer Sadeq Aziz expressed the opinion that the Islamic Shari’a does not contradict Christianity and that most of what it contains agrees with Moses’ law. He added that Christianity does not have any positive laws and that the teachings of Jesus Christ cannot be applied as laws governing a...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 30, 2001
The author believes that Jews give wrong information [about the religious situation in Egypt] and incite the international opinion in this way. They also use Coptic immigrants for the defense of something that does not exist. She asks Coptic immigrants to be aware of their deception.
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: Tuesday, April 24, 2001
The Bishop of Tanta stressed that there was no difference between the children of Egypt [Muslims and Christians], pointing out the support the state gives to the building and restoration of churches.
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Academic article on the impact of the Coptic lobby outside Egypt, a relatively small group of people who use the latest communication technology to increase their voice.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 10, 2001
No doubt there are some emigrant Copts who transgressed all limits in their extremism against Egyptian policy. No one can be considered a traitor, except when a court has ruled him as such. And no one can be considered an apostate except when he says this about himself. Accusing emigrant Copts and...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 11, 2001
The article is an interview with The Christian Egyptian billionaire, Onsi Sawirus, who was the only Egyptian the American magazine "Fortune" put in its list of the richest people in the world. Among many questions about his business and his company group, Orascom, he was asked his opinion of...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2001
Despite the fact that emigrant Copts count for a small percentage, they used the media as a weapon and started publishing paid advertisements about their inaccurate claims concerning the persecution of Copts. The pamphlets they distribute only put the Copts of Egypt in critical situations.
Date of source: Sunday, April 8, 2001
A suspicious pamphlet from an unknown source asked for direct American intervention in Egypt’s affairs and for the American Marine forces to be stationed in Egypt to defend [American] foreign affairs here. It considered Copts as American subjects not as Egyptian citizens. It mentioned that churches...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Most of the Coptic organizations abroad do not hide their readiness to cooperate with Israel to reach their targets. For them Israel is like any western country they resort to. The members of Californian Coptic Organization reject completely the idea of establishing a Coptic state in Upper Egypt....
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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.