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Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
Participants of "The first international symposium of Egyptian Copts: A minority under siege.” addressed the symposium on one of three levels. The first expressed wrath at the deterioration in the state of affairs of the Copts throughout the past half – century. On the second level, participants...
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
The first International Symposium on Egypt’s Cops took place in Zurich, Switzerland, between September 23 and September 25, 2004. This important event was organized by Mr. Adly Youssef, a leading Copt who lives in Switzerland, and was sponsored by "Christian Solidarity International" (CSI), "The...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
An analysis of the present policies of the State and the government, and their current method of dealing with the problems of Egyptians in general and Copts in particular make me no optimist.
A long history of official disregard and denial of the curtailment of Coptic citizenship rights appears to...
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2001
The head of the Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transplantation Department at the Animal Reproduction Research Institute, who is a Copt, faced problems around his promotion to a higher position. Although he meets all the conditions for the promotion and although he was recommended by the...
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2001
The article speaks about the many problems the Bishopric of Manfalout in Upper Egypt faced to get permit to restore one of its buildings which houses the Bishop’s residence and the Bishopric services.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2001
What Al-Arabi published about the article of Youssef Sidhom pushed the author to think about the role Arab-Christians play concerning the issue of Jerusalem. He reached the conclusion that the issue of the Arab identity of Jerusalem is one of the things to prove that Copts agree with the rest of...
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2001
Many writers criticized Youssef Sidhom for his article "Why did Egyptian Students demonstrate?" Those who commented on Sidhom’s article did well by not giving their comments a religious dimension. Many Muslims adopted an even worse attitude than that of Sidhom and no one criticized them.
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2001
Many Christians commented on Al-Arabi’s article "Americanized Christians turning against the pope" which criticized an article by Youssef Sidhom. All comments assured the solidarity of Egyptian people, from all religions, towards the Arab-Israeli conflict. The same comments showed that many...
Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2001
The church of Anba Antonius in Munqatin, Minya, is still waiting for an official license to use their church building for worship. Coptic villagers built the church in 1991 after 13 years of failed attempts to obtain an official license to built a church in their village. Security authorities...
Date of source: Sunday, September 2, 2001
The board of the Neurosurgery Department of Zagazig Medical School responded to the editorial in Watani of August 5 which carried the title "Tyrannized in Medical School." The editorial concerned the allegedly denied rights of promotion of Dr. Joseph Badie Iskandar for being a Christian. The board...
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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.