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Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2001
Dr. Christiaan van Nispen s.j., professor in Islam and philosophy at the Catholic seminary in Maadi, Cairo, and a member of the Editorial Board of the RNSAW, concludes with the impression that the US Copts Association practice exactly what they accuse those Muslim intellectuals to do, that is to...
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2001
Prof. Dr. Tareq Mitri, Coordinator Interreligious Relations and Dialogue of the World Council of Churches and member of the Board of Advisors of the RNSAW, calls for caution against political misuse of a theological discussion.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
The November 23 article of Al-Musawwar, "Is the West still Dar Kufr," resulted four days later (November 28) in a campaign by the US Copts Association against the use of the word kuffar for Christians. The association claims that calling someone a ’kafir’ [’kafir’ is the singular of ’kufar’] is a...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The German Pontifical Mission Aid Society Missio organized a two-day conference with the title "Persecuted Christians? Analysis from Asia and Africa." Missio invited representatives from Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria, the Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt to their conference who asked for care in using the word ’...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The Anglican General Synod of Australia accepted a resolution speaking about persecution of Christians in Egypt. The resolution was accepted without consulting the Anglican bishop in Cairo or Anglican experts in England who are well acquainted with the church in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, September 2, 2001
The board of the Neurosurgery Department of Zagazig Medical School responded to the editorial in Watani of August 5 which carried the title "Tyrannized in Medical School." The editorial concerned the allegedly denied rights of promotion of Dr. Joseph Badie Iskandar for being a Christian. The board...
Date of source: Sunday, August 26, 2001
The house of a Christian family, in Al-Sharqiya, was demolished by order of the Department of Land Protection for the Agricultural Directorate of Al-Sharqiya, on the grounds that it was built on agricultural land. This house was not the only house built on Agricultural land in the area. However, it...
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2001
Abass Mahmoud Al-Aqad wrote that Barnaba’s Gospel contains much information that neither Jews nor Christians nor Muslims would believe in. According to the simplified Arabic Encyclopedia it is a fake book that was written by a European. Dr. Khalil Saada believes that it was written by a Jew, who...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 8, 2001
The author finds it strange that a distinction is always made between emigrant Copts and Egyptian emigrants. They are described as betrayers, although their comments on the affairs of Egypt are a sign that they still believe they are Egyptians. The author believes that Egypt can benefit from its...
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2001
The article gives an overview of the patriotic role Copts played throughout the history of Egypt. It also speaks about Christianity in Egypt and how it stood against atheist movements and laid the foundations of true Christianity for the Christian world.
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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.