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Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
The author affirms in his
article that the Copts are not an ethnic
minority that is separate from the rest of the Egyptian people, urging the
church to stop trying to play a
political role and to shoulder its responsibility of encouraging Copts to
participate in the nation’s
political process...
Date of source: Saturday, May 27, 2006
The author of the article reviews a book by Karīma Kamāl, a journalist known for her articles discussing the problematic issue of divorce among Copts.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The article deals with the issue of the defrocking of priests and monks as 50 clergymen
have been
defrocked during the past five years, the most recent of whom were two priests in al-Jīza
parish who were
defrocked for committing financial excesses and violating canon laws.
Date of source: Monday, April 10, 2006
Dr. Mamdouh Halīm discusses the constant conflict between the
Millī [Community] Council and the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2006
A discussion of Copt’s personal status issues, given the pope’s recent refusal to accept the administrative court’s decision to allow divorced Copts to remarry.
Date of source: Thursday, April 6, 2006
A new apparition of the Virgin
Mary
is reported to have taken place in Assiut.
Date of source: Monday, October 29, 2001
A look at history will show that Arab
Christians have always been on the side of their fellow Arab Muslims. Mohammed Auda stressed that Arab Christians
were Arabs in the full sense of the word. Fahmi Howeidi pointed out that Huntington, in his theory about the clash
between civilizations, put...
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2001
The grand prelate Anba Gregorios was different from all the other bishops who are filling all kinds of churches. He was most erudite in theology, a saint in spirituality, an ascetic in monasticism and a ferocious fighter who was willing to wage a fierce war in defense of the faith.
Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2001
In answering a question about what the attitude of Arab Christians would be if America’s attacks against Afghanistan turned into a religious ideological war, the author pointed out the fact that Pope Michael, who was the pope during the Crusades and after him Pope Kyrillos VI and Pope Shenouda were...
Date of source: Sunday, September 30, 2001
"Coptic Egypt, The Christians of the Nile" by Professor Christian Cannuyer fills in five chapters and an appendix of important documents. It deals with the early history of the Copts, Coptic Christology, Coptic art, Christian conversions to Islam and Copts in the Modern Era.
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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.