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Date of source: Friday, July 21, 2006
The article articulates the history of the ancient monastery
of St. Polā
on the Red Sea and suggests the launching of an integrated project to restore this Coptic
monument amidst
archeologists’ arguments that the costs of Coptic restoration projects are too high.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Reflections on the life of Abouna Matta El Meskeen and his influence on ecumenical monastic traditions.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
The presidential decree of December 2005 promised new freedoms in the area of building, restoring and repairing church buildings. However in reality these freedoms have failed to materialize. The author argues that the presidential decree only produced a cosmetic change and that the underlying...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
A dispute between a Muslim and a Coptic family over a strip of land is said to have caused
sectarian sedition.
19. The Supreme State Security Prosecution holds nine members of Muslim Brotherhood political office
Date of source: Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Nine members of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political office were
imprisoned for 15 days pending investigations on charges of joining an illegal group, which aims to hamper
the
implementation of the constitution and the law and possessing leaflets, which call for hatred for the
regime and
which...
Date of source: Monday, May 29, 2006
The review deals with a fatwa by Muftī of the
Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a on the right of a non-Muslim mother to retain custody of
her
children in the case of her husband’s conversion to Islam in light of a lawsuit filed by a Christian
convert
to Islam who claimed the right to custody of his...
Date of source: Saturday, September 22, 2001 to Friday, September 28, 2001
The article gives an outline of the terrorists that the Egyptian courts convicted but who were offered asylum by foreign countries, among which was America. It sheds light on their crimes and the judgments made against them. The author points out that America, which once hosted some of these...
Date of source: Friday, March 31, 2006
Copts have asked the minister of awqāf [endowments] to give back the endowments of the Coptic Orthodox Church with the money the land would have gained in rent.
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2007
Students at Upper Egypt universities who belong to the Muslim Brotherhood distributed leaflets inviting Muslim students to wear a Ḥijāb as an aspect of their Islamic faith and warned against wearing perfumed clothes.
Date of source: Monday, March 27, 2006
Sawt al-Umma presents a special report on the economic and social conditions of Upper Egyptians. The report clearly accuses the Egyptian regime of neglecting the grievances of these people and of being unjust in dealing with Upper Egypt’s governorates.
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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.