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Date of source: Friday, April 9, 2004
An interview with his holiness Pope Shenouda III covering the reality of the clash of civilizations, the different dates for celebrating Christmas and Easter, rumors of sectarian strife and extremism in religion and other subjects.
Date of source: Friday, April 2, 2004
The latest rumor about sectarian unrest has been about a Christian woman who was assaulted in Awlad Ragab [a supermarket] in Cairo. The story is merely an incident of misbehavior and impoliteness by a security worker of a supermarket. Some priests at the churches warned Christian women against...
Date of source: Monday, April 12, 2004
During recent cultural forums and seminars organized by bodies affiliated to the Christian denominations in Egypt, many have been calling for “renewing the Coptic religious discourse.” These calls have increased lately, which makes them suspicious, especially in the light of the presence of an...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 2004
Some people believe that the issue of the loyalty and national affiliation of non-Orthodox Christians in Egypt, Catholics and Protestants, is questionable, especially with the different attitudes of these denominations towards political action.
We emphasize that all [Egyptian] Christina, the...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2005
The Grand Imam of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī received His Holiness Pope Shenouda III and the accompanying delegation that came to wish the Grand Imam a happy feast.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
Sectarian strife would not exist if there were civil laws protecting religious liberties, if the government and government officials were trained to deal with such occurrences effectively and openly, and if the media played its role.
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2001
As is customary in every month of Ramadan, newspapers reported about the Iftar parties that the different churches give as an expression of the national unity between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2001
Muslims and Christian mulids are celebrated in a similar way and are an expression of their happiness. Muslims are affected by the Christian celebrations and the celebrations of both of them carry Pharaonic features. All Egyptians celebrate the mulids of Sayeda Zeinab [Muslim], Al-Hussein [Muslim...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2001
A group of Egyptian professors have compiled the "Coptic Encyclopedia" in English and published it in America. Until now it has not been translated into Arabic. The encyclopedia touches upon many different subjects that have to do with the Bible, the culture and the history of the Coptic...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2001
The pastor of the Evangelical church of Apostolic Faith, in Luxor, brought a case against the decision of the Evangelical Maglis El-Milli, which excommunicated him, accused him of heresy and stripped him of his religious title.
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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.