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Date of source: Thursday, May 30, 2002
The pope spoke in an interview with Al-Gomhuria about church permits, the Waqfs of Copts, emigrant Copts, Al-Khula´ issue and what was said about Jesus Christ having half brothers. He also spoke about the weak representation of Copts in the People´s Assembly and the Shura Council and the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2002
The article speaks about the problems facing Copts to get their supposedly official holidays. Some officials haggle with their Coptic employees over their self-evident right to a holiday. The author wondered until when official silence would persist on this issue.
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2002
Michael Meunier defends emigrant Copts against the claims raised about them in the Egyptian press. He explained how they support the Palestinian issue and tried to defend Muslims after the 11 September attacks. He stressed that they have never asked the American administration to stop its aid to...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 20, 2002
Religious preaching has great influence in shaping the thoughts of all Egyptians. That is why the source of religious preaching must be the holy texts and the basic beliefs of the religion. Only qualified people should be permitted to deliver religious teachings. The Christian priest has a great...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
Dr. Abdel-Mo´ti Bayoumi expressed the opinion that Muslims need to adopt a religious discourse that can reconcile them with the whole world. He added that all scholars have the right to give fatwas and even women can give fatwas.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2002
Salah Hashim, the founder of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya spoke about the Gama´at since its foundation in Assiut, the role the then governor of Assiut played in relation to the formation of the Gama´at and their disputes with the Muslim Brotherhood. He supports the corrective review of the ideologies of...
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2002
The governor of Minya asked Muslim and Christian clergymen to visit the village of Beni Walmis and hold reconciliation meetings with its residents, especially as Pops Shenouda agreed on holding such meetings. The governor and bishop Aghathon agreed to control the situation and prevent the mounting...
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2002 to Friday, February 22, 2002
The article sheds light on how the Jezira TV and some emigrant Copts, such as, Michael Mounir tried to exploit the incidents of Beni Walmis to give the impression that Egypt suffers from sectarian strife. The author described both the Jezira TV and Mounir and his group as provokers.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2002
The security authorities referred 47 Muslim and Christian defendants, who perpetrated the riots in the village of Beni Walmis, to the prosecution of Minya. The prosecution examined the location of the incident where it found damages in the church building. Also, six houses situated near the church...
Date of source: Monday, February 4, 2002
The draft unified personal status law for the Copts has not yet been examined by the People´s Assembly. In year 2000, all the Christian denominations in Egypt signed this draft law that permits divorce only for marital unfaithfulness and does not allow giving any papers certifying a change...
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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.