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Date of source: Sunday, May 21, 2006
The author criticizes a book review of Nabīl Louqa Bibāwī’s book, The Problems of Copts in Egypt and their Solutions, written by Al-Ahrām columnist Mahmoud Muntasir and warns against the idea of appeasing those who have returned from the Gulf with fundamentalist ideologies.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
The author is disappointed at the second report of the National Council for Human Rights’ (NCHR) on human rights issues in Egypt, stating that the calm, complacent tone of the report aroused wide distrust, and that the council has begun to lean towards the government’s inclinations.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
The
author focuses on the Coptic library of Mar Marqus which contains a
large number of rare manuscripts and books, as
well as Pope Shenouda’s decision to appoint 40 Coptic public
figures to the library’s board of
trustees.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
An article covering a seminar which took place at the Cairo
Center for
Human Rights on problems facing Copts in Egypt in which a number of famous Egyptian intellectuals
participated.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
Yousuf Sidhom talks to the youth
of the Mar Mīna church about the goal of Watani
newspaper, about the marginalization of Copts in
Egypt and about the role of women and youth in public
life.
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2006
The author discusses the recent Sinai terrorist bombings, recommending that Sinai’s Bedouins, who seem likely to be involved in the attacks, live in circumstances that are a fertile ground for the breeding of terrorism.
Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2006
After the attacks on the churches in Alexandria, during which one Christian was killed, Youssuf Sidhom applauds the extensive Muslim condemnation of the attacks and the willingness of Egyptian members of parliament to protest against violations of Copts’ lives, security and places of worship, but...
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
The author warns of storms on the horizon concerning the forthcoming film of ’The Da Vinci Code’, the Gospel of Judas, and the issue of divorce in Christianity.
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
Watani reports on the church stabbings in Alexandria by an allegedly mentally unstable individual.
Date of source: Sunday, April 9, 2006
Sidhom continues his series of articles about the recent problems in implementing the new computerized identity card scheme in Egypt, which is to be completed by 2007. He offers the stories of several Christians who have had problems gaining the correct identity cards.
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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.