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Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2007
Bishop Bīshūy’s position in the Coptic Orthodox Church is causing controversy in Coptic circles as he not only holds several offices, but is also Pope Shenouda’s sole envoy to all international forums.
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
A
Coptic physician in Saudi Arabia was sentenced to 20 whippings, a sentence that sparked wide Coptic protests. The American
Coptic denounced the sentence and organized a campaign to gain the support of the White House as a means of pressuring
Saudi authorities.
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2007
A Christian school girl called Nancy ‘Ādil Halīm, whose father had converted
to Islam, was forced to take an Islamic religion exam by Abu Bakr al-Saddīq school’s administration.
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
Allegations arise as a
result of the refusal of some Canadian governmental figures to meet with the Egyptian Minister of Communication during his
visit to Canada. While the Coptic website “Copts United” attributed this refusal to the discrimination of Copts in
Egypt, governmental sources...
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: Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Counselor Najīb Jibrā’īl lodged an appeal against the memorandum of state adviser Maḥmūd Rajab in which he stated that Islam should be imposed on Christian children whose fathers have converted to Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2007
Coptic organizations in France call to organize a demonstration against what they called persecution against Copts in Egypt. Demands are mainly concentrated on more activation of the citizenship principles and more activation of Copts role in political life.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Non-Muslims can easily announce their conversion to Islam and have identity cards and birth certificate issued which state their new religion, while non-Christians are not allowed to convert to Christianity.
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2007
The State Security office refuses to execute a ruling to allow a Muslim born child to join her Coptic mother. The author writes about compliance between the minister of interior and the state security.
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2007
A Christian satellite channel will be launched on the European satellite channel ‘Hotbird.’
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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.