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Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 1997
A
response to several points raised by Mona
Makram Ebeid concerning what she considers to be the problem of
the political role of Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 1997
Father Athanasios Asak Henen; pastor of the Orthodox
church in Greece answers an article
of Mr. Fahmy Huweidy in el-Ahram in which he asked for the voice of the
church against the American
Copts’ claims that Copts in Egypt are subjected to persecution. The priest writes that
social problems,...
Date of source: Monday, July 28, 1997
Subtitles:Will the
Ministry of Justice cancel the hamayouni law? Copts use the administrative court
to appeal against the lawA
report to the court "The law has been cancelled for 124
years""Will the Ministry of Justice cancel the
hamayouni law?" asks the author. It is this law that
restricts...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 1997
Subtitles:Abdel Nasser did not differentiate in nationalizing Coptic or Islamic capitalNo single Copt was in the highest positions of the Front of the Liberal Officers. The only Copt was in the second lineAbdel Nasser joined the priests and hit secularismThe revolutionaries were the first to invent...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 1997
The foreign praise for an
earlier
article he had written made author Refa’at el-Sa’id, upset, since he believes these Western
countries use
human rights to criticize other countries, but at the same time, they shelter terrorists from
these countries.
Emigrant Copts are warned to be careful...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 18, 1997
Egypt is often criticized abroad for its treatment of its Christian citizens. Prominent Coptic thinker Dr. Milad Hanna, confirmed that equality between Muslims and Christians is not there. Lu’iy Mahmoud Sa’id, himself a Muslim, describes how Muslim authors attacked Milad Hanna for stating his view...
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 1997
The article gives an Islamic view on the history of the Arab conquering of Christian
Egypt.
The article ends of views of different leading Muslims on the Hamayouni Law, the law regulating the
building of
churches.
Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2006
The author, the Vice
President of the Council of State, questions why
churches and their money and buildings are not considered to be
public funds and, accordingly, are cut out
of the scope of state protection.
Date of source: Saturday, August 5, 2006
The author discusses the prevalence of rumors in Egypt and how often the consequences of such rumors are more serious than their original cause. He notes the work of Drs. Hulsman in researching the factual events of claims of Christian persecution and Muslim outrage and in providing an electronic...
Date of source: Sunday, July 30, 2006
The author describes his visit to the al-Muqattam Monastry and to the cave of St. Polā.
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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.