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Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 1997
Subtitles:Abdel Nasser did not differentiate in nationalizing Coptic or Islamic capitalNo single Copt was in the highest positions of the Front of the Liberal Officers. The only Copt was in the second lineAbdel Nasser joined the priests and hit secularismThe revolutionaries were the first to invent...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 18, 1997
Egypt is often criticized abroad for its treatment of its Christian citizens. Prominent Coptic thinker Dr. Milad Hanna, confirmed that equality between Muslims and Christians is not there. Lu’iy Mahmoud Sa’id, himself a Muslim, describes how Muslim authors attacked Milad Hanna for stating his view...
Date of source: Thursday, July 6, 2006
This press review deals with a controversial announcement made by Max Michel, a Christian who split from the Coptic Orthodox Church and set up a church in the Muqattam area and named himself Archbishop Maximus I, amidst an outcry from the Egyptian mother church and severe criticism.
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
Political
reform means overall reform with no exceptions and the empowerment
of all social classes. The author reports on
debates at the People’s Assembly over the representation of
women in Parliament and questions why Christians are
not represented.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The
author writes about the current sectarian crisis between Muslims and Copts in Egyptian
society, listing a number of
factors that have caused these problems.
Date of source: Friday, May 5, 2006 to Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Egyptian intellectuals express their
views on the
reason behind the Alexandria incident in particular and sectarian tension in Egypt in general.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 to Monday, April 24, 2006
A listing of articles in the Egyptian press
concerning the festival of Easter.
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: Thursday, March 30, 2006
The author is reviewing the memories of Archbishop Hidrā of Aswān about the construction of the cathedral there and the solidarity shown by Muslim partners at the levels of both officials, including President Mubārak and Governor Samīr Yousuf, and people like Umm Muhammad who donated half her...
Date of source: Saturday, March 25, 2006
Jād Allāh points out the spread of two opposite inclinations that are influencing Egyptian society; the tendency to religious fanaticism and the tendency to immorality. He believes that these inclinations are due to a number of economical, social and psychological problems in the structure of...
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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.