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Date of source: Monday, October 1, 2007
Fādī Ḥabashī reports on the statements of Bishop Maximus I, bishop of the first St. Athanasius Church in Egypt, about his church’s plan to organize the celebration of the ’relative day.’
Date of source: Saturday, September 29, 2007
The author accuses organizations owned by expatriate Copts in the West, as well as civil societies in Egypt, of provoking sectarian sedition in the country, giving them an opportunity to call for finance for their activities.
Date of source: Monday, September 24, 2007
Fahmī Huwaydī criticizes the Egyptian governmental press for lacking transparency and bending under the pressures of the regime. He refers to media coverage of the recent events of Muslim-Christian sectarian clashes in Alexandria as a case in point.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2007
Allegations in Alexandria resulted in Christians and Muslims throwing stones and bottles at each other.
Christian scholar Muná Makram ‘Ubayd sees under-representation of Copts in political functions as the main reason to expect an escalation in the crisis between state and church Youssef Sidhom...
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2007
Coptic students are arrested in Alexandria for allegedly selling anti-Islām CDs inciting conversion of Muslim women to Christianity.
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
A girl is attacked on 45th street when trying to walk home. The author questions how much it really benefits Egyptian society when these issues are ‘glossed over.’
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
70 fanatics in Alexandria were arrested on suspicions of
belonging to al-Qā‘idah. The Islamic group claims that they are innocent of the attempt to
assassinate the author Nagīb Mahfūz.
Date of source: Monday, November 30, 1998
Since the issue of the Ottoman decree known as the Hamayouni law in 1856 that concerns the building of churches, Christians have disagreed on whether this law is a blessing or a curse. The building of churches at that time equated mosque building with church building on condition that approval is...
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.