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Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Midhat Bishāy writes about the life, work and achievements of two Egyptian historians; Jamāl Badawī and Yūnān Labīb Rizq, who passed away a few weeks ago.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Sahīf al-Dawākhilī reports on a recent fatwá released by the Azhar-affiliated Fatwá Committee about the punishment of murtadds. Al-Dawākhilī predicts that this fatwá might ignite some clashes between the Azhar and the church.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Midhat Bishāy writes about the significance of the birth of Jesus Christ, drawing a link between the celebrations of Christmas and the sectarian incidents in Isnā.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Midḥat Bishāy responds to a previous article in al-Qāhirah, the article was written by Yāsir Gabriel, a Coptic author, who has criticized Bishāy’s stances on a number of issues related to Copts and the church.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The author criticized his fellow Coptic author Midḥat Bishāy for his persistent criticism against the church, Coptic expatriates and other issues.
Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2007
The critical health condition of Pope Shenouda aroused arguments about his expected successor. While a group of laymen calls for a new law to be established for the papal elections, the church expresses its discontentment towards what it considers to be the laymen’s interference in church’s affairs...
Date of source: Thursday, November 8, 2007
Bishop Bīshūy’s interview was greeted with strong protest. Religious and laymen figures refute what they consider to be a slanderous and distorted reality in the bishop’s declaration.
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2008
Egyptian media expressed anger at the resolution of the European Parliament about human rights in Egypt.
Midḥat Bishāy critiques the “stampede of Egyptian media,” for constantly highlighting the activities of Coptic activists.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2007
In this article the writer deals with the Coptic laymen movement. It discusses their goals as well as the document issued by the church to develop religious discourse.
Date of source: Monday, September 10, 2007
Three Coptic thinkers denounce Nāhid Mitwallī’s insults against Islam and stress the values of the freedom of creed and the respect for all
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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.