Displaying 1501 - 1510 of 1657.
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Attorney General, answers accusations from the Canadian Coptic Association charging the State Prosecution service of being biased against Copts in the wake of Father Gibra’il Abdel-Messih’s interrogation and subsequent release on bail of 1,000 LE (about US$ 300,-).
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2000 to Friday, February 18, 2000
The General Prosecution renewed the detention of 55 accused in Al-Kosheh events. The investigations stated that the investigators have been investigating 39 injured, 17 officers and 124 witnesses. They have also investigated 110 complaints that were presented by 92 citizens. The prosecution ordered...
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2000 to Friday, February 18, 2000
... Your Holiness Pope John Paul II, Pope of Vatican: Egypt is a country in which the crescent mingles with the cross. It has mosques and churches and everybody worships God Almighty. There are no sectarian conflicts at all and [this is] especially [so] in the era of President Mubarak. For the...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2000
State Security Prosecution heard the testimony of Father Gibra’il Abdel-Messih concerning the tragic incidents of Al-Kosheh. State Security Prosecutor, Counselor Hisham Saraya, ordered the release of the priest on a LE 1,000 bail [Editor: approximately US$ 300,-] after investigations which...
Date of source: Saturday, January 29, 2000 to Friday, February 4, 2000
Ten microbuses stand before the Catholic church of Al-Sakakini. A hundred Sudanese escaped the mountain of the heated war in Sudan and its results of hunger, poverty and diseases. Their only hope is to build a new life in which they may regain the feeling of security. Those hundred Sudanese are...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2000
... The government is the accused. It is the planner and the killer here, which means that what happened in Al-Kosheh is a creation of the government. However, nobody has told us how, why, and for what reason. ... If you want to know the truth of what happened in the Al-Kosheh incident, listen to...
Date of source: Friday, January 28, 2000
When we talk about national unity in Egypt, we are defending ourselves from the attacks that are launched against us. These attacks came first from the West in order to destroy the special and traditional co-existence between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
The English proverb speaking of hiding the dirt under the carpet is the thing that came into my mind when I thought of how the case of Al-Kosheh was dealt with. I hope people would not be surprised with another explosion eventually since we insist on hiding our heads in the sand.
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
... There were a good number of people with interests - inside and outside - messing with many things, and dealing with what happened in Al-Kosheh as spoils to be taken, even if they had to start more fires in it!
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000
Robin Cook, the British Foreign Minister, has praised the friendship and tolerance between religions in Egypt. In a special statement to Rose El-Youssef, Cook said that he felt very comforted visiting the area of old Cairo, where mosques are so close to churches...
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.