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Date of source: Friday, July 30, 2010
Pope Shenouda insisted that the Secular Copts group who recently proposed a draft personal status law neither represents the Coptic Orthodox people nor the Church.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Thousands of Jews are traveling this week to a tiny village in the Beheira governate on the Nile Delta in order to visit a 200 year-old shrine to Abū Hasīrah, a Jewish Egyptian rabbi.
Some residents of the village protest the event, saying that Israelis shouldn’t be allowed to enter Egypt while...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2010
This article discusses the third annual Coptic Studies Symposium at the University of Toronto (U of T), and its importance.
Date of source: Monday, May 10, 2010
Sūfīs in Alexandria were surprised by the blatant attacks by the Ministry of Awqāf (Religious Endowments) on their shrines and mosques. The attacks included the devastation of shrines and replacing the mosques marble pillars with concrete ones, in addition to stealing the contents of a number of...
Date of source: Saturday, April 3, 2010 to Friday, April 9, 2010
The Quilliam Research Institute issues a report which attacks the "Islam" channel in London. Claiming that it propagates extremism, intolerance and fanaticism, the Institute asks for dissolution of the channel. In contrast to those claims, the channel stresses that their main target is to introduce...
Date of source: Sunday, January 3, 2010
In the run up to Coptic Christmas (January 7th) two Watani International writers review A Christmas Gift, a book compiled by Watanī writers reflecting on various different aspects of Christmas, from the meaning of the celebration to how to make home-made decorations.
Date of source: Sunday, August 30, 2009
Heading in the opposite direction to France, some British local councils hold swimming sessions restricted to those wearing the ‘Burkini’ Islamic swimming costume.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Nādir Shukrī investigates a fire that took place in a church in a town in the Delta. The fire damaged the fans, the closed circuit TV monitors, the air conditioners, and the icons. The local bishop believes that the fire could have been intentional but he is still waiting for the report from the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 5, 2009
The author writes about the frustration people feel at officially imposed changes of the street and place names with which they are familiar.
Date of source: Sunday, September 14, 2008
The author reviews the book by Watani reporter Robeir al-Faris entitled Magic and Copts—Study and Texts. This books attempts to separate the Christian religion from Egyptian cultural practices that remain from before Egyptians embraced Christianity. The book maintains that Christianity bans magic,...
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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.