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Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
“We cannot differentiate between corruption in general, and the arousal of religious fitnahs. It is always said that corruption feeds on discrimination. I say this on the occasion of the al-‘Umrāniyyah events,” Khalīl writes.
“I always return to the report made by the late Dr. Jamāl al-‘Utayfī ...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 2010
Journalist Mufīd Fawzī talks about the recent ‘Umrāniyyah church riots that left 2 dead. He says that, as a Copt, it is always difficult for him to write about political events involving Copts without being accused of either pandering to the authorities or being biased towards the church.
He says...
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2010
Al-Wafd interviews Bahyy al-Dīn Hasan, human rights activist, asking about reasons and solutions for fitnah in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
This article discusses the fluctuating two faced relationship between the church and expatriate Copts. Although the church seeks to strengthen the role played by expatriate Copts abroad, it, at the same time, puts on the mask of being the calming force between the state and expatriate Copts in...
Date of source: Sunday, February 3, 2008
Muhammad Hamdī sheds light on an episode of the talk-show ’Hālat Hiwār’ [Status of Dialogue] on Egyptian television, presented by the well-known journalist Dr. ‘Amr ‘Abd al-Samī‘, in which the great Egyptian geologist Dr. Rushdī Sa‘īd spoke about sectarian sedition in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2007
Sectarian strife in Egypt has been a hot topic of contention in the media. The following article presents a synopsis of incidents that have occurred in Egypt in the recent years. The author considers the reasons behind these attacks, the similar situations that they share, that is attacks that have...
Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2007
The author questions why some incidents of sectarian strife fall into obscurity. He stresses his insistence that certain cases must be resolved, and breaks down the parliamentary by-laws.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
Majdī Khalīl discusses the forced disappearance of Coptic girls. The claims around this phenomenon are not new, however it is being announced more frequently. Khalīl discusses the reasons why Coptic families are more often daring to announce the disappearance of their girls, and the reasons behind...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 1997
Subtitles:Abdel Nasser did not differentiate in nationalizing Coptic or Islamic capitalNo single Copt was in the highest positions of the Front of the Liberal Officers. The only Copt was in the second lineAbdel Nasser joined the priests and hit secularismThe revolutionaries were the first to invent...
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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.