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Date of source: Sunday, May 23, 1999
A reader writes in response to last week’s article asking why the construction of a church building is viewed as an illegal act. And this week the story of a police officer in the Giza Security who usurped a piece of land from a Christian in 1968. He has started to build a mosque on the land so...
Date of source: Sunday, May 16, 1999
The local authorities accepted several successive complaints by a local citizen against Dr Gamaal Haneen and his brothers, who were building a new house for the entire family, that they were constructing a church building. This led to a forced closure of the house happening during the receiving of...
Date of source: Sunday, May 9, 1999
In view of the positive spirit of discussions between Christians and Muslims in recent weeks in the area of education syllabuses, the writer complains about the recent screening of a film about the Emperor Constantine, and the unsubstantiated negative comments made by an invited professor after...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 1999
The author expresses his pleasure concerning the "National Role of the Egyptian Church throughout the ages" symposium, and lists its concluding recommendations
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 1999
The History and Antiques Committee of the Supreme Council for Culture organizes on April 19 a seminar with the theme "The National Role of the Egyptian Coptic Church throughout the Ages." Artist Farouq Hosni (Minister of Culture), Dr. Gaber ’Asfour (Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for...
Date of source: Sunday, March 28, 1999
[Follow-up article from Week 11, Article 8, March 14, 1999]
On March 13, Al-Watani presented the case of a citizen from Assiut Governorate whose land was seized by a neighbor following refusal to pay taxes. The March 20, 1999, reply of Assiut’s Director of Public Relations is given and commented...
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William Waseely and his brothers have been cultivating the land from the yield of which they earn their family income. William’s trouble started in 1992 when neighboring farmers suddenly began to cause him trouble and asked a form of protection money.
Date of source: Sunday, March 7, 1999
Responding to the complaint [of alleged religious discrimination] published on February 14 [1999] of Ayman Mahrous Morqos who is a graduate of Ain-Shams University, the university’s president writes back. "... We are not discussing here an issue of religious discrimination, but misunderstanding and...
Date of source: Sunday, February 21, 1999
The Chairman of Cairo University Dr. Farouk Ismail met with the Armenian Ambassador in Cairo to discuss the idea of establishing a department for the Armenian language. An Armenian society based in New York will offer an annual donation for this department. Many Copts asked many times to establish...
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 1999
Mr. Ayman Mahrus Morcos hoped he would be promoted at the Faculty of
Commerce which did not materialize. Sidhom placed excerpts from his
letter of complaint in his editorial and asks the minister of Higher
Education for a solution.
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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.