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Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2004
The book al-Mowarana il Awlama: al-A qbat fi Alam Motaghayer (Citizenship and Globalisation: Copts in a Changing World) by Hany Labib, published by Dar al-Shorouq in 2004 in Arabic, tackles the relationship between Copts and their homeland, in the era of globalisation. Within the context of present...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 2004
Hani Labib, a Coptic intellectual, wrote a book called “Citizenship and Globalization,” in which he asks the question of whether the nation would still remain a “nation” in the midst of globalization. In his book, he asks whether Copts accept Arabism, and he believes that their rejection of Arabism...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 2004
Egypt’s Copts reject to be called “Ahl Al-Dhimma” and “Al-Nasara” [Nazarenes] and their favorite term is “Copts” which means “Egyptians” in old hieroglyphic language.
Few days ago, a book titled “Al-Muwatana wa Al-Awlama…Al-Aqbat fi Asr Mutagheir” [Citizenship and Globalization…Copts in a...
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: Saturday, March 5, 2005
Political, intellectual and religious freedoms fall within the very territory of the National Council for Human Rights, and that is why there should be calls for more powers for this council.
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2005
Judge Tāriq al-Bishrī wrote a number of articles on the issue of Coptic-Muslim relations in different newspapers and magazines including: al-Usbouc, Afāq ‘Arabīya and Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī. In my article, I will comment on some points that Judge al-Bishrī raised previously.
Date of source: Saturday, January 29, 2005
The construction of churches in Egypt is an issue that arises whenever the problems of the Copts are discussed. Since permission is now under the jurisdiction of the administrative provinces, the need arises for a unified set of regulations that applies to all places of worship.
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2001
In this article the author gives his own point of view about Christian fanaticism in Egypt. In the first half of the twentieth century, such fanaticism was reflected in two streams; a religious movement aiming to reform the church and another purely political one. In the second half of the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001
The US Committee for International Religious Freedom arrived in Egypt to investigate about Copts in Egypt, after the court announced its decision in Al-Kosheh case. The author is of the opinion that the United States is using the religious and ethnic minorities as one of the main mechanisms to...
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001
[Zaklama is also a member of the RNSAW board of Advisors] Hani Labib’s "Religious Protection Crisis" is considered an important document because of its analysis of many situations. The analysis was objective yet very Egyptian, which indeed makes it a reference for everyone interested in human...
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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.