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27. Book review S.S Hassan, Christians Versus Muslims in Modern Egypt. The Century long Struggle for Coptic Equality. Oxford University Press, 2003, pp 320, ISBN – O-19-513868.6.
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
Meinardus, the eminent scholar on Coptic church studies concludes that Mrs. S. Hasan, grand niece of the Egyptian statesman and Prime Minister Rushdi Pasha (1864- 1928), produced an extraordinary and remarkable book in seven chapters on the modern history, sociology, ecclesiology and political...
2. Recommending the work of Kees Hulsman and Sawsan Gabra
Date of source: Tuesday, July 4, 2006
Dr Jan Slomp, member of the Advisory Editorial Board of the Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs in Djeddah/London, recommends the work of the Centre for Arab West Understanding, acknowledging that its use of reliable information is working towards strengthening Muslim/Christian relations by...
31. The Islamization of Egypt over the past few decades, Egyptian nationalism and patriotism have receded, leaving space for Pan-Islamism. The real victims of the drastic transformation are undoubtedly the Copts who have been made to endure a de-facto dhi
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
A controversial article on the growing Islamization of Egypt and the effect this has on the Coptic community.
5. The Representation of Christianity in Textbooks of Mainly Islamic Countries
Date of source: Wednesday, October 24, 2001
A project called "The Representation of Islam in German Textbooks" was a very important step in view of the existing reservations, prejudices and animosities between Christianity and Islam. This is an extensive and successful project in view of the fact it has often been asked, when an analysis of...
20. Obstacles and opportunities of an international dialogue on curriculum revision in the Middle East. Experiences of a German research project on school textbooks in Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and Iran
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2005
Dr. Wolfram Reiss discusses the obstacles and opportunities identified by a German project and accompanying international dialogue on the revision of school textbooks in the Middle East, in terms of their treatment of Christianity.
1. Editorial
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
German scholar Dr. Wolfram Reiss on school textbooks in Egypt, Palestine, Turkey and Iran. Inflammatory and uninvestigated claims about Christian girls being kidnapped. Muslim Brotherhood leader Muhammad Mahdī ākif denies the Holocaust.
14. Islamic Religious Education in Egyptian primary schools
Date of source: Tuesday, December 23, 2003
The article is in response to Dr. Muhammed Selim al-‘Awa´s article in al-Usbua on Islamic religious education, AWR, 2003, week 50, art. 24. Dr. Reiss gives an overview of Muslim religious education at Egyptian primary schools and disagrees with some of the conclusions of Dr. Muhammad Selim el...
2. High Esteem for AWR
Date of source: Wednesday, October 1, 2003
In a time in which inter-religious and inter-cultural differences sharpen, it is of the outmost importance to have information that counters polarization, pictures of the other as “the enemy” and cliches, and that provides a diversity of information that helps to bring the discussion back to the...
1. Editorial
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
An excellent and important interview with H.H. Pope Shenouda published in al-Musawwar.
26. Confrontation with the man who deposed the pope 50 years ago
Date of source: Friday, July 4, 2003
The article is an interview with Ibrahim Fahmi Helal, the leader of the Coptic Nation Party [Umma al-Qibtiya], a right wing group that was established during the time of Pope Yousab. The group wanted the Coptic people to speak the ancient Coptic language and to cancel the constitutional articles...

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