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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...
Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2001
Pope Shenouda said that many of the Copts’ problems had been solved in Mubarak’s time, most importantly the issue of the building of churches. He said that his message to emigrant Copts addressed three points: the court’s decision in the case of Al-Kosheh, the tearing down of a building belonging...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Excerpts, selected by Al-Ahram, of a message from Pope Shenouda to the Copts in American before President Mubarak’s visit to the USA. Pope Shenouda writes President Mubarak is concerned about national unity and the concerns of the Copts. Pope Shenouda also praises the appeal of the Prosecutor...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2001
An Israeli document, referred to by * in his defense file*** ,calls for establishing a Coptic country in Upper Egypt. It shows the target Israel wants to achieve since the 1980s. That is dividing each country of the Arab world. The author believes that this document explains what is going on in...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2001
Foreign press, emigrant Copts and some Christians here in Egypt were furious when Counselor Mohammed Afifi judged 92 defendants innocent among the 96 prosecuted in the El-Kosheh case. The court was considered to have not taken into account that there were 20 people killed. Counselor Afifi said that...
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2001
Pope Shenouda sent Bishop Yo’annis to the United States of America, to explain to emigrant Copts what they cannot understand regarding the reality of the situation in Egypt.
The Pope said that he met the Commission for International Religious Freedom, in order that its members should not rely on...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim said that because he is currently being tried before Egypt’s Higher State Security Court on charges which include his lectures and writings on religious freedom and minority rights, including those of Egyptian Copts, his defense lawyer requested him to decline the invitation to...
Date of source: Saturday, March 24, 2001 to Friday, March 30, 2001
The US Commission for International Religious Freedom met with Bishop Marcos of Shoubra Al-Kheima and asked him about the rulings given in Al-Kosheh killings, underage Christian girls turning to Islam and about the non-inclusion of the Coptic period in the history syllabus. Coptic Catholic Bishop...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001 to Friday, March 23, 2001
The author recounts the stories of some of the emigrant Copts, to reach the conclusion that their claims about Copts being persecuted in Egypt are nothing but lies. He believes that the problem is not simply with some of those living outside Egypt, but also with a small number of people helping...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001
The US Committee for International Religious Freedom arrived in Egypt to investigate about Copts in Egypt, after the court announced its decision in Al-Kosheh case. The author is of the opinion that the United States is using the religious and ethnic minorities as one of the main mechanisms to...
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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.