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Date of source: Thursday, May 6, 2004
A priest and two members of the church board of Taha al-‘Ameda died after an accident with a speeding car driven by a police officer in the early hours of Sunday May 2. Problems started after six meters of a poorly built fence the old Mar Mina church in Taha al-‘Ameda collapsed because of a strong...
Date of source: Friday, May 14, 2004
The death of the priest of the village of Taha Al-‘Ameda and two members of the church council was about to stir up sectarian strife in the village. The fire of the sectarian strife was rapidly quenched thanks to the wisdom of the villagers and the good relations [between Muslims and Christians]...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
Bishop Paphnotius responded to questions of readers of AWR. The interview gives an update about the developments following the tragic death of the priest and two Christians of Taha al-‘Ameda after our report of May 6 [AWR 2004, week 19, art. 30]
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 2004
Among the grievances long placed ‘on hold’ in Egypt is the attitude of state administrative and security apparatuses towards citizens who practice their right to convert from their original to another religious faith. If a Christian converts to Islam, officials welcome him or her with open arms and...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 12, 2004
The Internet site of Michael Mounir reported about the incident at Taha Al-’Ameda in a way that makes it seem that there is sectarian strife in Egypt. The US Copts claimed that the government gives security officers free reign increases the brutal attacks against Copts.
Date of source: Monday, May 24, 2004
The balance between Egypt’s Coptic minority and its Muslim majority is an ancient and sensitive one. According to Bishop Boutros, who is responsible for the Coptic Orthodox Church’s publications, "spirits are full of hatred. Muslims and Christians are not good to each other - and it’s hard to...
Date of source: Monday, May 24, 2004
An article was published last issue titled “Sectarian Strife in Alexandria,” by Hamdi Rizq, in which the author objects to the idea of holding a festival for Christian films.
The film festival was characterized by a sense of national unity between the two poles of the one nation in every phase of...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 1, 2004
The Egyptian Higher State Security Prosecution renewed the jail sentence of 53 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood for a period of 15 days pending investigations into the group’s most recent cases.
The authorities are still searching for three suspects wanted in relation to the case, two of...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
A number of imprisoned Brotherhood members attested before the prosecution that police tortured them. The accused members insisted that they could prove they were tortured in the police station. Twelve members attested that they were tortured by police in an attempt to force them to make...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
Every time I visit my homeland Egypt, I witness the same misery. I ask them is the church in Mallawi closed and they answer “Unfortunately, yes.” We feel oppressed and deprived because our Muslim brothers have more space to pray than we do, although we make up ninety percent of the area’s...
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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.