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Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
A Copt was forced to withdraw from the Shūrá Council elections in the interest of the nominee of the ruling National Democratic Party. While the church urges Coptic youth to lead a positive role in public life and calls to establish a Muslim-Christian committee for this aim, many Coptic thinkers...
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
The article presents an interview between Watani newspaper and Dr. Muhammad Guweili. Dr. Guweili discusses the importance of having one law to regulate the construction of houses of worship, be they designed for Muslims or Christians. He considers what obstacles would need to be overcome in order...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
A report of the International Labour Organization has accused the Egyptian government of systematically discriminating against Copts in both education and work opportunities. In her response, the Egyptian Minister of Labor and Immigration ‘Ā’ishah ‘Abd al-Hādī has stated that Copts, despite...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Dr. Ḥalīm Nāshid reviewed the press coverage of the second laymen’s conference on church reform that was published by Waṭanī on May 6, 2007. He directed a severe criticism against the conference, doubting the intentions of it organizers.
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2007 to Friday, June 8, 2007
The crisis between Waṭanī and the Coptic Orthodox Church following the laymen’s conference seems to have become chronic. Pope Shenouda has not sent his weekly article to the newspaper for two weeks. While some attributed the issue to a new phase of the pope’s anger, sources assured that the pope...
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2007
The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church held its annual meeting. Contrary to all expectations, the Holy Synod did not decide on any punishment in the trial against clergymen who had made allegations against Bishop Bīshūy and the Holy Synod. Rumors have spread about the church’s boycott of...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2007
A few weeks ago, sectarian strife erupted when some Muslim residents of the village of Bimhā in al-‘Ayyāt...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2007
The article provides an overview of the reconciliation effort in Bimhā, and what the governorate of Giza is doing to assist the victims. The authors criticize the unbalanced compensation and assistance that is being awarded to the individual victims.
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2007
Participants of a session held by ‘Watanī Salon’ discussed citizenship, the necessity of announcing the census, and to enact a unified law for building houses of worship.
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2007
The author considers the implementation of the recent constitutional amendments. He questions how significant the concept of citizenship, among others, will be.
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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.