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Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2001 to Friday, April 6, 2001
An emigrant Copt claimed that Bishop Yo’annis was detained by some Muslim terrorists during the riots in Al-Khosheh for some hours during which time he was forced to say the Shahada [This is the Muslim declaration of faith: There is no God but God and Mohammed is His prophet]. He did say it and...
Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2001
Pope Shenouda said that many of the Copts’ problems had been solved in Mubarak’s time, most importantly the issue of the building of churches. He said that his message to emigrant Copts addressed three points: the court’s decision in the case of Al-Kosheh, the tearing down of a building belonging...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Excerpts, selected by Al-Ahram, of a message from Pope Shenouda to the Copts in American before President Mubarak’s visit to the USA. Pope Shenouda writes President Mubarak is concerned about national unity and the concerns of the Copts. Pope Shenouda also praises the appeal of the Prosecutor...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Bishop Yo’annes visited Jersey City and asked the people in a general meeting to meet president Mubarak in a nice way when he comes here in the States. Unfortunately, some people became very angry and refused all what the pope secretary was trying to say.
Date of source: Monday, March 26, 2001
Pope Shenouda sent Bishop Yo’annis to the United States of America, to explain to emigrant Copts what they cannot understand regarding the reality of the situation in Egypt.
The Pope said that he met the Commission for International Religious Freedom, in order that its members should not rely on...
Date of source: Saturday, March 24, 2001 to Friday, March 30, 2001
The US Commission for International Religious Freedom met with Bishop Marcos of Shoubra Al-Kheima and asked him about the rulings given in Al-Kosheh killings, underage Christian girls turning to Islam and about the non-inclusion of the Coptic period in the history syllabus. Coptic Catholic Bishop...
Date of source: Monday, February 12, 2001
Michael Meunier, president of US Copts Association, was upset about the statements Al-Ahram, January 31, attributed to bishop Yo’annis, secretary of H.H. Pope Shenouda, in which he supposedly criticized the World Council of Churches which was seen as a response to a statement of the World Council...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2001
According to Al-Ahram issue of January 31, 2001 H.G. Bishop Anba Youannes, criticized the World Council of Churches (WCC) for holding private meetings or working sessions or even having private recommendations on specific issues. H. G. also asked that not only the Coptic orthodox church but also...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2001
The Egyptian delegation attending meetings of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Germany, declared that Egypt had the right to know about all of the WCC’s decisions. The Bishop of the Egyptian Orthodox Church in Germany said that Pope Shenouda’s instructions were to represent Egypt’s Muslims...
Date of source: Sunday, January 14, 2001
The authors refer to an article, published in Al-Ahram, that recounted the incidents of Al-Kosheh and concluded that the sentence of the court to release all the accused was to make Al-Kosheh enjoy the happiness of both Christmas and the Lesser Bairam. They believe that the story is completely...
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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.