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Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2006
Coptic intellectuals are divided over the step taken by Coptic activists in the West to discuss the Coptic file before the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations. Some believe that such step is the only possible action in order to attract the government’s attention to the problems of Copts,...
Date of source: Thursday, December 4, 2003 to Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Saad Eddin Ibrahim struck back 29 November against what he termed a "campaign of hatred" conducted in the Egyptian press against himself and the Ibn Khaldoun Center, but not before members of the center´s board resigned amidst a firestorm of press criticism of Ibrahim. Art. 3 – we weren´t...
Date of source: Friday, October 10, 2003
The article is an interview with Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III. He comments on the relation between the church and the state, opposition within the church, divorce among Copts, homosexuality, his relations with former president Sadāt and his relation with Archpriest Mattá al-Maskīn [Yūsuf...
Date of source: Monday, April 28, 2003
Sout Al-Umma allocates a special file to famous Coptic figures - politicians, writers and men of religion - and their national stands.
Date of source: Sunday, September 18, 2005
The Chicago document offers a practical solution to set up an Egyptian lobby in the US. However, the author of the paper has argued that this lobby could never be formed unless full citizenship rights are materialized and Coptic problems are solved.
Date of source: Sunday, August 14, 2005
Majd ī Khal īl examines ten factors that he believes will determine Copts’ choice of candidate in the upcoming elections.
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2002
The article speaks about the problems facing Copts to get their supposedly official holidays. Some officials haggle with their Coptic employees over their self-evident right to a holiday. The author wondered until when official silence would persist on this issue.
Date of source: Saturday, February 25, 2006
The author notes the opinions of some of the pope’s favored candidates for al-Majlis al-Mīllī. Their comments pertain to the status, purpose and future of the secular-based Coptic council.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
As al-Majlis al-Mīllī [Coptic Orthodox Denominational Council] elections draw near, some Coptic figures, intellectuals and clergymen have criticized the church for interfering in the elections. Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria has been accused of favoring a circle of Copts close to him....
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2006
During his meeting with leaders of the Egyptian National Council for Human Rights, Congressman Frank Wolf raised yesterday the issues of Coptic persecution, Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour’s imprisonment and Sudanese refugees in Egypt.
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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.