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Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
The sixteenth conference of the Council of the Catholic Patriarchs of the East, held in Lebanon, discussed the rapid migration of Christians from the Arab World. It referred to the practices of the state in Egypt toward Copts as being the main reason behind Coptic emigration.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
Dispute over two qirats of land in the Upper Egyptian village of Dayr al-
Barshā, Minia governorate, ended up with six people killed and 12 others wounded.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
Sources from the Coptic Orthodox Church announced that Pope
Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark is in excellent condition and is recovering
properly after undergoing a spinal surgery in Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America. The pope
has started...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Bishop Bīshūy aims to excommunicate Coptic intellectual Kamāl
Zākhir, accusing him of being against the church. Bishop Bīshūy calls on Copts to boycott the
expected conference about the laymen’s view of the church’s problems.
Date of source: Monday, October 30, 2006
The review deals with the plans
by the Muslim Brotherhood group to dominate the trade unions through the elections as Brotherhood members threaten
to establish unions parallel with the government’s if elections were rigged, amidst statements by chief
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif that the group is...
Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Explaining the broad meaning of the concept of jihād in Islām, Muslim thinker Rajab al-Bannā quoted famous British writer Karen Armstrong’s definition of it as "struggle and effort, not a synonym for holy war as Westerners define it." Ahmad ‘Izz al-Dīn al-‘Arab wrote in a short article in al-Wafd...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Nabīl ‘Abd al-Fattāh discusses the
issue of citizenship and the nation-state in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, October 23, 2006
The vice president of the Egyptian Council for Human Rights, Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, presented a list of constitutional amendments. In response, many voices in and outside the council claimed that these demands were not of the council’s authority. The Egyptian press described the council’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
After a phase of depression Pope Shenouda fell and broke his “hand” [Reviewer: the Arabic
word used is “hand,” but the saying, “break one’s hand” in Arabic can refer to any part of the arm or the hand.].
He will resume his usual duties though, amidst calls for a minor holy assembly to govern...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The author suggests in this article
that the government is targeting the independent newspapers because their professional performance has disclosed
the "national" press and stirred public opinion against corruption.
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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.