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Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2007
The article discusses the repercussions to the recent statements of Bishop Bisantī about the number of Copts living in Egypt. The bishop’s unofficial estimation raised the old, unanswered question about the reasons behind the government’s continuous refusal to declare the real number of the Coptic...
Date of source: Saturday, July 14, 2007
al-Usbūc reports on the opinions of Coptic figureheads on the new policy of the U.S. Administration to redistribute part of its aid to Egypt in order to be used in the building and renovation of churches. Copts, clergy, and laymen alike condemn the new policy and accuse it of aiming at disrupting...
56. Copts accuse Bishop Bishuy of taking over the church and overthrowing the sick Pope Shenouda III
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2007
Two Coptic Laymen criticize Bishop Bīshūy and accuse him of exploiting Pope Shenouda’s absence to try and assume control of the Holy See. They called for an urgent session of the Holy Synod and Coptic men of law and religion to edit the legislation of electing the pope. They further denounced a...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
The article discusses the Coptic Orthodox Church’s disagreements with Waṭanī newspaper and its intention to issue several newspapers that address church’s issues.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
In the following lines the authors report on viewpoints of different Egyptian figures involved in media issues in Egypt. The article highlights the shortages of discourse in the Egyptian media and suggests solutions.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 10, 2007
We live in a stage in which an extremist religious discourse prevails at both Muslims and Christians. There is confusion between the thinking of men of religion and the sanctity of the religious texts.
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2007
The author argues that the new newspaper that Bishop Bīshūy intends to issue will ignite crisis within Coptic circles. He believes that Bishop Bīshūy will use it as a platform to present himself as an alternative to Pope Shenouda.
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: Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The author, Jamāl As‘ad, criticizes the idea of establishing a committee attached to the Coptic Orthodox Church that aims at providing courses on political participation for the Coptic youth. As‘ad believes that by doing this the church is seeking a role in politics, although it has not served its...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
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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.