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Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2004
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the Golden Jubilee, fiftieth anniversary, of the consecration of Pope Shenouda III as a monk on the 17th of July. Pope Shenouda was consecrated a monk on the 17th July 1954.
The celebration of this event will be held on the 17th of July in the Monastery of St...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 7, 2004
When Habeel Saeed Tawfiq declared himself patriarch of Orthodox Copts and established a new Christian denomination and new papal chair after the name of St. Paul the Apostle, he provided media with cheap publishing material.
The last lawsuit against Habeel is filed by Attia Farid who was hired by...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
Last Friday night, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom arrived in Cairo in a secretive atmosphere. The Commission delivered a brief statement concerning the objectives of the visit, which takes place between July 16 and July 23. The Commission is paving the way for the...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2004
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the Epiphany on January 20. The writer gives a brief
historical and religious background on the different ways of celebrating the feast.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2004
The article discusses the issue of national unity between Christians and Muslims in Egypt. The author cites the relation of love and intimate friendship between Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Tantawi. Bibawi tells a story about Amr Bin Al-As who returned the head of the St. Mark...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 3, 2004
The author
explains that Islam in Egypt is highly esteemed by both the followers of Muhammad and the
followers of other religions all around the world. This estimation is due to the fact that Islam
in Egypt is characterized by purity and tolerance within different Islamic schools. Al-Azhar...
Date of source: Sunday, February 8, 2004
The article investigates the problems that flare up
occasionally over the land the Coptic Church owns along the Cairo-Suez road [Patmos Land]. Al-
Arabi interviewed Pope Shenouda. Many Christian men of religion witnessed the interview, which
took place in the Papal residence. The author explains...
Date of source: Monday, February 9, 2004
The article is a criticism of Coptic activists in the US, particularly Michael Mounir, the
head of the US Copts Association.
The author explains that Mounir always takes advantage of
some incidents that take place in Egypt, which most times are false, in order to call on the U.S.
to interfere in...
Date of source: Monday, February 23, 2004
Last week, the TV channel Sat 7, a Christian missionary satellite channel, received tens of
angry messages from Muslim viewers concerning the missionary channel’s program, “Questions in
Faith,” that is directed at Muslims. The program discusses sensitive issues in Islamic fiqh
[jurisprudence]...
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 2004
There are some Christian Arabic-language satellite channels that target Arabs and
Muslims. These channels play a serious role in what is falsely labeled “missionary” work. What
actually happens falls into the realm of a clash between religions and igniting the fire [between
Christianity and...
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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.