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Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Hānī Samīr wrote in al-Dustūr about the confusion of Christians over the amendment of the 1938 regulation and the unified personal status law. He describes the comments of various people involved in the situation.
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 2008
Robeir al-Faris reviews the previous month’s newspapers in Egypt, examining the Muslim-Christian divide in Egypt. The first of two topics presented in this article is the renaming of Victoria Square to Victory of Islam Square in a religiously mixed area of Shubra, Cairo. The second issue presented...
Date of source: Thursday, November 13, 2008
The recent incident that occurred in Assiut concerning 13 feddans of land that are near the Holy Virgin Monastery had the potential to turn into another Abū Fānā-style issue. However many will view the outcome as Muslims and the government being forced to give in to Christian demands.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
The author discusses Ambassador Khattāb’s comments about his article regarding the American Presbyterian Church’s interference in the Child Law. He also critiques interference of NGOs utilizing foreign funds in Egyptian governmental affairs.
Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 2008
The author describes various positions on the demonstrations of Expatriate Copts abroad. Foreign countries, the Egyptian government, and the Coptic organization seem to be little affected by these demonstrations.
Date of source: Friday, July 18, 2008
Bishop Bīshūy clashes with the author of ’‘Azāzīl.’
Date of source: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
The author discusses the ideas of Kamāl Zākhir involving the political function and candidacy of the pope, as well as the need for a pope’s deputy and his calls for Copts to stop comparing national and religious belonging.
Date of source: Thursday, July 17, 2008
The newspaper describes the life of Pope Shenouda, some of his famous remarks, one of his poems, and the reasons that he could not attend his anniversary of ordination celebrations.
Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 2008
The New Urban Communities Authority and the Matrouh governorate have been disputing a piece of church land where a road was paved for quite some time. Finally the land has been allocated to the church.
Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 2008
The author discusses the crisis of the Holy Virgin Monastery in Assiut and decree no. 163 of 2008. This decree was issued on March 10, stating that an area of 13 feddans was sold to the monastery. She also talked about the consequences of the failure to carry out this decree.
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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.