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Date of source: Monday, December 31, 2007
Seven sit-ins were staged in Egypt’s churches in 2007. The following lines describe some of them and Christian clergymen and laymen’s reactions to them.
Date of source: Monday, January 21, 2008
The author attacks a satellite TV channel MTA, saying it aims at distorting the principles of Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2007
The author – Minerva Sa‘d – reports on the phenomenon of numerous churches getting involved in displaying promotions for the U.S. green card lottery and some churches providing a service of filling in online applications for people. The author then wonders whether churches encourage Christians to...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2008
AWR visited Father Mattá to hear about the sectarian violence in Jabal al-Tayr, Minia.
Al-Miṣrī al-Yawm interviewed Bishop Bīshūy, General Secretary of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 19, 2007
The author questions who the next pope will be and looks at different actors in the Coptic Orthodox Church, analyzing their opinions regarding amending the regulations for choosing a patriarch.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
Waṭanī cultural salon invited the Egyptian liberal thinker Tarek Heggy to a lecture, where he spoke about the current crisis of the Egyptian society in particular and the Arab world in general. Heggy expressed his opinions on the Coptic cause as well as other important issues.
Date of source: Saturday, June 2, 2007 to Friday, June 8, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s discourse about virtue and chastity imposes heavy burdens on Copts and creates serious problems. A priest was promoted to a higher administrative position in the church due to his restricted recommendations of virtue and chastity and his skill in fundraising.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
The
article gives a brief overview of the history of Armenians in Egypt, who have been living as minorities for
hundreds of
years. It also shows some aspects of their social life.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
This
press review deals with criticisms made by a number of
Coptic intellectuals against Archbishop
Bīshūy, whom Christians term "the iron archbishop." His strict
ways have resulted in the defrocking
of many priests and 50,000 Christians leaving their Orthodox beliefs.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
In an interview with
Watanī, Jesuit father
Christian Van Nispen speaks about his life in Egypt, how Christians can
accept others who have different beliefs
and about his latest book ‘Christians and Muslims are brothers
before God.’
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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.