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Date of source: Sunday, August 15, 2004
Last week’s editorial inspired significant feedback from readers and friends, who were eager to comment on the exclusion of Copts from leading administrative positions. Although the question has been one of the most important long-ignored problems in Egypt, it surfaced again when the recent...
Date of source: Sunday, August 8, 2004
There are many examples to prove that Copts have minimal or absent share in the posts of governors, ministers, heads of state banks, state university presidents, as well as leading posts in the military and the police. All in all, it can be said that Copts occupy no more than zero to one per cent...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2004
Education—a vitally important issue on the reform agenda—is one of the most widely-discussed topics. A new vision and a bold policy are required to produce a new generation of Egyptians who can grasp modern-day variables and deal in the latest technology. Our public education is still hostage to...
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
Yousuf Sidhum mentions cases of a number of Copts who experienced some troubles with issuing their computerized ID documents when such documents were issued with incorrect information—the applicants being listed as Muslims instead of their actual Christian identity.
Date of source: Sunday, June 5, 2005
The Women Committee affiliated to the Middle East Council of Churches held a forum in Cairo where the participants debated citizenship, pillars of coexistence for all citizens, the risk of marginalization, reasons behind some youths’ poor belonging to the country and disengagement between religion...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 31, 2005
In a patriotic, courageous initiative, MP Mohamed Gweily, head of the Complaint and Suggestions Committee of the People’s Assembly, proposed a unified draft law to govern the building, restoration, renovation, an maintenance of all places of worship in Egypt- Muslim, Christian, or Jewish. The draft...
Date of source: Sunday, May 22, 2005
Next Wednesday will witness the public referendum on the constitutional amendment which was passed by Parliament earlier this month, and which allows for the first multi- candidate presidential elections in Egypt. It is to be hoped that the voters will actively respond by taking part in the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2002
In 1977, the Bishop of Minya purchased a piece of land in the village of Beni Mahdi in order to build a church to serve the village congregation and those of eight neighbouring villages and hamlets which lacked a local church. The church has been waiting for approval for about a quarter of a...
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2002
Muslim-Christian tensions in Beni Walmis are related to difficulties in obtaining a permit for church building which made the bishop employ methods that infuriated the local Muslim population.
Date of source: Sunday, December 22, 2002
The motto "Religion is for God and the homeland is for all of us" gained ground in Egypt during the first half of the 20th century. Egyptians believed that faiths, rituals and feasts should be mutually respected by the holders of different faiths. The author tries to answer the question: what...
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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.