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Date of source: Sunday, August 8, 2010
Copts in the Egyptian media 42
Our reading of the Cairo papers this week takes us to the weekly, State-owned al-Mussawar and the file it recently published on “Do Copts hate the July Revolution?” In his article entitled, “Copts under Jamāl 'Abd al-Nāsir,” Midhat Bishāy attempted to cite both the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
During the revolution the Muslim Brotherhood, which was banned under the ex-regime, got on well with the young people, just as they listened to other political activists. The group gained more respect when they announced that hey won't be running in the presidential elections. In the meantime, they...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Is the alleged discrimination against Copts in the fields of art true? The author comments on the statement of Pope Shenouda in one of the TV programs when he says that Copts do not get their rights, even in football.
The author states that the absence of Copts from fields such as art and sport is...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
How can the perceived threat of Islamists be blunted? They should be encouraged to integrate themselves.
At the same time they should be convinced of the need to espouse the principles of citizenship and equal rights for all – rules already enshrined in Islam.
Meanwhile parties should not be...
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 2010
Fanatics lose one round; Nūr Qaldas; Watani Printing and Publishing Corporation; Cairo; June 2010
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Edward Cody, writer in the Washington Post, writes that the biggest winners of the [January] 25 revolution are the Salafists. He described them as Islamic fundamentalists who would like to see the strictest form of Islam applied to all of Egypt and across the Middle East.
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Although the bombed Coptic church in Alexandria will be completely restored by Easter, recent incidents, like the burned down church in Helwan, act as reminders of anti-Coptic forces within the country.
Copts complain about still existing unfair Church building laws that, by discriminating between...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Kūrnīsh al-Nīl area, beside the building of the Egyptian television, is Nevine Naguib's way to work every day.
One day, during Copts protest on the demolishing of the church of Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George in 'Ātfīh, she had a personal experience on the ideologies of some Muslims...
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2011
The violent clashes between Muslims and Christians in Egypt are tragic. We received an email from Rebecca Atallah, the wife of Rames Atallah, head of the Egyptian Bible Society. She asks for prayer for Egypt following the violence in the Muqattam garbage collectors area. I fully support this call...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Many more Egyptians are reading opposition newspapers these days. Al-Ahrām is alleged to have lost senventy percent of its' readers since the revolution. Al-Wafd, Al-Shurūq and Al-Misrī Al-Yawm have proven to be very popular these days.
Furthermore, newspapers have also realized the importance of...
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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.