Displaying 41 - 50 of 256.
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 1997
Subtitle:Signing a
21 million pound restoration contractEgypt’s minister of culture has
signed a contract of 21 million
Egyptian pounds to restore the famous Hanging Church bringing to an end a
15-year-old dispute about the restoration
of the 5th century church. The aim is to develop...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 24, 1997
The article
is an attack
on the consecrated houses, secret churches established in private flats in opposition to the Coptic
Orthodox
Church. It claims that from these consecrated houses, a secret pope has emerged in opposition to Pope
Shenouda III. The consecrated houses are, according to...
Date of source: Monday, September 18, 2006
Wa’il al-Hadarī reports on the alleged murder of two Christians in Sohag.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Security bodies have made secret deals with
Jamā‘ah Islamīyah
to present them as an alternative to the Muslim Brotherhood in mosques,
universities and social communities and
thus to defeat them.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 8, 2006
The author highlights a story
of a Coptic mother who thought by mistake that her 17-year daughter had been kidnapped.
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2006
A second consecutive parliamentary round has expired without considering the proposal for a unified law for places of worship. The author asserts that if approved, the law will put an end to current discriminatory legislation with regards to the building and restoring of places of worship for...
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: Friday, May 12, 2006
The
author writes about the current sectarian crisis between Muslims and Copts in Egyptian
society, listing a number of
factors that have caused these problems.
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2006
The author covers the recent inauguration of Archbishop Antonious Najīb as the new patriarch of Catholics, succeeding Archbishop Istifānous, who left his post due to his deteriorating health.
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001 to Friday, November 16, 2001
The Head of the Department of Transport and Bridges Equipment in Cairo was arrested together with his wife for forming a group promoting ideas against Islam. He issued a fatwa to his followers that they were not obliged to pray in the direction of the Kiblah while performing prayers. He also denied...
Pages
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.