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Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2000
The second part of the discussions of Al-Amal [Labor] party about the Egyptian people in the light of the Al-Kosheh incidents and the general discussion of Muslim-Christian relations in Egyptian society.
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2000
This is a statement about the recent events of Al-Kosheh. Hundreds of cultured people in Egypt signed it. These people care about the country’s concerns.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
The recent events, which Al-Kosheh has witnessed, opened our eyes on very important facts. The citizens’ rights are not applied as they are stated in the Egyptian law. Extremism and raising guns in the faces of each other are important indications that the rights of the citizens are wasted.
Date of source: Friday, September 24, 1999
A commemorative celebration was held for the national revolutionary father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed (a member of the Commission), in which a number of political, intellectual and religious leaders participated in appreciation and gratitude for the prominent role he played and the support he provided...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 1999
For years, clerical and lay members of the Coptic Orthodox Church have criticized the authoritarian ways of Pope Shenouda III. The standard complaints, that he keeps church finances too close to his chest, refuses debate on issues like divorce, and is too quick to throw his opponents out of the...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 1999
Priest Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed had a very sarcastic pen. When some people tried to bring him and the Patriarch closer to each other, the Patriarch said that it was better for him not to open his case again or everything would be revealed. These words were the words of condemnations, not words of...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 1999
In the continuing absence of Pope Shenouda outside Egypt on a trip to America, the Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassia refused to give permission for prayers to be made over the dead body of the priest Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed pastor of the church of Mari Girgis [St. George] in El-Maadi, in any church of...
Date of source: Friday, July 2, 1999
I asked Pope Shenouda in a letter to change the laws of electing a pope. These laws permit 90 prelates to stand for election for the position of Pope. This will lead to a series of struggles and disagreements that will split the church. Even if one of these prelates succeeds in winning the...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999
Researcher Sameh Fawzy, attempting to get a feel for the problems of Copts, designed and implemented a questionnaire to identify their anxieties and suggest solutions. Three prominent public figures (including the Pope) also give their views, which include building of places of worship, divorce,...
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 1999
Currently, however, a small booklet about "El-Isra’ and Me’rag" (night journey and ascension to heaven) is being distributed among Christian youth as an old, medieval, document authored by an old Syrian Orthodox bishop. The story resembles the night journey and ascension to heaven of the prophet...
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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.