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Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2001
A tabloid recently published an article about a monastery, which went against all ethics, and religious, social, and professional values. The author says that the reporter did not verify his facts and led people to believe the man was still a monk. He feels the monastery should have announced that...
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2001
Muslims and Christians need to agree and put things in proportion in the case of the expelled monk. The author believes the story was inaccurate and misleading and stresses that the acts of an individual do not convict other Christians, the monastery, or Christianity in general.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Security agencies managed to find the four girls from Malawi who disappeared early this month. Foreign radio [stations] told the story in an incorrect way. Egyptian emigrants in the US contacted the bishop of Malawi after hearing the news. The bishop explained to the callers it was only the same...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2001
Although President Mubarak ordered the inclusion of the historical period before the July Revolution [1952], which was ignored, in history books, the Coptic history is not included till now. The Minister of Education formed a committee to write the Coptic history under the Byzantine Empire which...
Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2001
Both Christians and Muslims ought to be proud of the Coptic history of Egypt and of the unique role of the Coptic Church on both national and spiritual levels. The reason for such pride is that it represents a link in the chain of Egyptian history. The author expressed the opinion that nations do...
Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2001
The author comments on political life based on religion. He gives the example of Algeria and Lebanon, where everything is taken from a religion-related perspective. He then moves to Egypt where the Muslim Brotherhood are asking to form an Islamic party and where some extremist Copts are asking to...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2001
The article touches upon the achievements of Pope Shenouda during his 30 years of being a Patriarch. He applied the church law which states that the Bishopric inherits bishops and not the Patriarchy. He also allowed promotion of fathers to bishops according to who deserves it without limiting it...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2001
The biggest and oldest church bell in the world is now lying in the courtyard of the Maronite church in Alexandria. Since it was presented to the church, it has lain there because no building can bear its weight which is 7.5 tons.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2001
A challenge was filed against the Minister of Interior and against the Head of the Maglis El-Milli. The challenges regarded the elections of the Maglis El-Milli having serious legal contraventions that would lead to the invalidity of the election results.
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2001
Bishop Bissenti of Al-Masara stressed that Egypt’s Islam and Christianity is something that belongs to Egyptians and that the US do not care about Muslims or Christians. He added that he did not care about abolishing the Hamayouni law. He just wanted churches and mosques to be treated in the same...
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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.