Displaying 41 - 50 of 86.
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
The Coptic community wonders who will succeed Pope
Shenouda after illness strikes him?
Although regulations stipulating the transfer of church power will give
bishops, monks and priests the opportunity
to stand for elections, elections are now confined only to
general bishops.
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
If you are Christian, 10,000 pounds, the price of a forged certificate that indicates the conversion to another denomination or religion, is the cost of divorce.
Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
Discrimination against other religious sects and strange fatwas and religious teachings are the main grounds for the Alexandria attacks and other incidents of sectarian sedition. The writer suggests certain actions be taken to diminish this stream of hostility and discrimination that is taking over...
Date of source: Thursday, April 20, 2006
A 22-member group, called al-Tā’ifa al-Mansoura
[The victorious denomination]
has been arrested by the Egyptian police for planning terrorist attacks against
tourist sites, gas
pipelines, and a number of top Muslim and Christian clergy.
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2006
The
author highlights the contradiction between the Muslim Brotherhood’s declared attitude towards Copts and the
opinions of their muftī.
Date of source: Sunday, November 9, 2003
Bishop Bissenti of Helwan and Ma’asara congratulates Muslims in Egypt and the Arab world for the start of the Holy month of Ramadan. He stresses that events in Ramadan reveal how strong the national unity between Muslims and Copts is.
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2003
Unknown men have attacked many unveiled women by throwing sulfuric acid on either their faces, chests or legs, as a punishment for not wearing the veil. Such incidents coincide with another phenomenon; in the women-only carriages of the underground, women wearing niqab preach the necessity of...
Date of source: Thursday, February 20, 2003
The author believes that President Mubarak has brought back the good old days of national unity and that the friendship between the Grand Imam of the Azhar and Pope Shenouda is a clear example on that.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
A look into the reasons behind the media storm over conversions of young women and girls from Islam to Christianity and vice versa
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2006
An Israeli postage stamp with an offensive picture of a mu’adhin engenders angry reactions in Muslim communities.
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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.