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Date of source: Saturday, March 27, 2004
The monk and doctor Bishop Musa, the Bishop of the youth at the Egyptian [Coptic Orthodox] Church, is known for his general credibility among the Egyptian Copts and Egyptian intellectuals of all orientations. His role is to organize cultural and religious programs in which he lectures leaders of...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
In the satellite channel Al-Hayah [Life], a man wearing the uniform of a priest and a woman in her 50s talk continuously about Islam and Christianity. They preach Christianity, but, unfortunately they attack Islam and talk in a sarcastic way about the Prophet and his companions, and the Qur’an....
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 2004
Some astray American [religious] denominations are making use of the confused atmosphere created by America in the region. Those denominations are trying to spread their strange ideas and beliefs in Egypt and the Arab world. Now a days the American Mormons are trying to spread their movement in...
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 2004
The Pope confirmed that rumors about Christian girls being raped in the Muslims-owned shops are not true. He said, ‘If something happened to anyone, they had better come to me now and I will resolve it.’ We waited for two weeks, but no one approached us,’ the Pope said a lecture last Wednesday.”...
Date of source: Monday, May 24, 2004
Christ takes care of two children buried alive with their parents for 28 days. This story became wide-spread in churches and among Coptic families. Young people passed the story stating that church clerics are asserting it. The rumor mentions that the two children are of a Muslim family without...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2004
The article is an
overview of a book titled “Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt: The Century-Long Struggle
for Coptic Equality” by S. S. Hasan describes herself as a nominal Muslim woman, and agnostic.
Date of source: Monday, February 9, 2004
The article is a criticism of Coptic activists in the US, particularly Michael Mounir, the
head of the US Copts Association.
The author explains that Mounir always takes advantage of
some incidents that take place in Egypt, which most times are false, in order to call on the U.S.
to interfere in...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Text of a lecture for students and professors of different faculties at the University of Copenhagen, November 3, 2004, about plans to establish the Center for Arab-West Understanding in Cairo, Egypt. The text explains that intercultural tensions do exist but can be combated with good information.
Date of source: Monday, February 21, 2005
My article mainly deals with two points raised in the two articles published by my dear friends: Bishop Mousa and counselor al-Bishrī. The first point is regarding Bishop Mousa’s answer to a question he asked and that is whether the Church works in politics. His answer was in the negative,...
Date of source: Monday, February 7, 2005
What authority does the Central Auditing Agency (CAA) have over the various ecclesiastical institutions? It is known that the Azhar as well as its faculties and institutes are placed under the supervision of the CAA. All professional syndicates, chambers of commerce and industry are also considered...
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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.