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Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2001
At the time of the visit of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom to Egypt, Saad Eddin wrote a declaration on the Coptic issue. He wrote that Copts are historically the origin of Egypt and one of its two major socio-demographic components. However, they have occasionally been...
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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: 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....
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Rafique Iscander, the head of the American Coptic Union, sent a letter to President Bush. In this letter he made the events in southern Sudan, the crimes of the civil war in Lebanon and the individual incidents that took place in Egypt appear similar. He wrote that in return for the aid Egypt...
Date of source: Saturday, April 7, 2001 to Friday, April 13, 2001
Contrary to what happened during Mubarak’s last visit to the USA, the majority of emigrant Copts came to greet Mubarak in a civilized way, asking him to order a resumption of the investigations into Al-Kosheh incidents. Rafique Iscander and Moheb Michael, head of the Soldiers of the Cross, were...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2001
[The RNSAW published a summary of this article in week 12A, art. 17. In this issue you find a full translation of this text upon the request of a user of the RNSAW]
Foreign press, emigrant Copts and some Christians in Egypt were furious when Counselor Mohammed Afifi judged 92 out of the 96...
Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2001 to Friday, April 6, 2001
An emigrant Copt claimed that Bishop Yo’annis was detained by some Muslim terrorists during the riots in Al-Khosheh for some hours during which time he was forced to say the Shahada [This is the Muslim declaration of faith: There is no God but God and Mohammed is His prophet]. He did say it and...
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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.