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Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Former navy officer engineer Ahmad Hasan Ma’mūn sent a letter to the author in which he expressed his astonishment at the allegations of persecution and discrimination against Copts. He indicated that Copts were assuming high-ranking posts in the army during the 1973 war.
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2007
A new sectarian incident took place in al-Dukhaylah province in Alexandria when some Muslims attacked a Coptic Orthodox Church after a normal quarrel between Muslim and Christian children. The attack left 25 injured on both sides and damages to the church building.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
In
a heated hearing, the Supreme Administrative Court postpones looking into appeals filed by a number of Christians who have
embraced Islam for a temporary time and want to return to Christianity until July 1. The court has earlier rejected their
right to have Christianity written in the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 17, 2007
Allegations arise as a
result of the refusal of some Canadian governmental figures to meet with the Egyptian Minister of Communication during his
visit to Canada. While the Coptic website “Copts United” attributed this refusal to the discrimination of Copts in
Egypt, governmental sources...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
A Copt was forced to withdraw from the Shūrá Council elections in the interest of the nominee of the ruling National Democratic Party. While the church urges Coptic youth to lead a positive role in public life and calls to establish a Muslim-Christian committee for this aim, many Coptic thinkers...
Date of source: Saturday, June 9, 2007
Democracy has fangs, which essentially means that democracy from the viewpoint of the ruling regime is temporary and conditionally grants political freedom to certain parties and at certain times.
Date of source: Saturday, June 9, 2007
Kamill Ḥalīm, the chairman of Coptic Assembly of America [www.copticassembly.com/], has sent a letter to the U.S. ambassador in Cairo requesting the U.S. to cut its aid to Egypt because of its bad record regarding human rights.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 12, 2007
In his regular meeting with the Coptic Orthodox of Alexandria, Pope Shenouda said he was in good health. He urged Copts to confess and called on clergymen to be patient and kind to people who confess to them. He further denounced ‘Urfī marriages and declared that clergymen must put their anger in...
Date of source: Thursday, June 7, 2007
Al-Wafd deputy, Muhammad Dāwūd, accused expatriate Copts of being behind the agreement made between Egypt and Saudi Arabia to send Egyptian women to Saudi Arabia to work as maids.
Date of source: Sunday, June 10, 2007
New incidents of sectarian violence erupt in Alexandria. Many churches were attacked and numerous sources provided different reasons for the attacks. The president of the Middle East Christians sent an announcement to the president of the republic asking him to work toward activating citizenship...
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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.