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Date of source: Monday, August 16, 1999
A special report by Drs. Cornelis Hulsman on the attack on the Coptic Orthodox priest Father Stephanous of al-Maḥallā al-Kubrā, based on personal visits and interviews with the priest himself, close associates, the security authorities and others. Also included is an analysis of the early Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, August 16, 1999
Since the Egyptian media have frequently referred to the press conference on Christian girls allegedly being kidnapped the RNSAW decided to present here the full transcript of the discussion which took place in New York. The discussion was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union who had...
Date of source: Sunday, August 15, 1999
In the mind of the author, the report of Drs. Cornelis Hulsman prepared for the New York Council of Churches a few weeks ago regarding the alleged kidnappings, rapes and forced conversions to Islam of young Christian girls was like a bomb destroying the claims of the Coptic groups in the USA who...
Date of source: Monday, August 16, 1999
El-Sayeda Zeinab Mosque which lures huge members of worshippers from Cairo and other parts of the nation, is experiencing large-scale renovations which are planned to make the building able to accommodate as many as 12,000 persons.
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Wednesday, August 11, 1999
Outraged Lebanese students held a sit-in in Beirut on July 20 to protest Egypt’s banning of the classic book "The Prophet" by the late Lebanese-American author Gibran Khalil Gibran. One week later, AFP reported (erroneously according to the Office of the Censor) that information Minister Safwat...
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Wednesday, August 11, 1999
An overview of traffic accidents including the tragic bus accident in which 31 Coptic youth died.
Date of source: Friday, July 30, 1999
The modern-day nun’s lifestyle has become quite different from what it used to be in previous years. Their lives have been modernized and they are in contact with the world much more than before.
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999 to Wednesday, August 4, 1999
"Power to Change" was the theme of the World YWCA’s 29th council in Cairo. Throughout the conference, Egypt was acknowledged as an excellent example of co-operation between Muslims and Christians by encouraging to work together in all fields of voluntary work.
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 1999
Recently there has been a campaign against the emigrant Copts. But prominent writers here in Egypt [both Muslim and Christian] have recently been writing to point out that not all the accusations against the emigrant Copts have any evidence to back them up and that Copts do actually experience...
Date of source: Thursday, July 29, 1999
This article deals with the relationships between the Sheikhs of Al-Azhar and King Farouq [the last king of Egypt who was forced to abdicate the throne in 1952].
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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.