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Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2010
The factors lead to Pope Shenouda’s statement considering civil marriage as adultery are as follows: Although he is not specialized in theology, he does not accept any interpretations of the Bible other than his; he is aware of his power and is certain that none may call him into account, even the...
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Muhammad talks about one of the chants heard at November's ‘Umrāniyyah riots: “Army of Christ, let us move forward!”
He says he first heard the slogan on a website supporting converts to Christianity, at the time thinking it was a nice slogan. However, Muhammad says that Christians in the riot case...
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
Samuel talks about the "Coptic operation room," which monitored the election results and report the numbers to Pope Shenouda III.
He says the room was not only monitoring the progress of Coptic candidates, but also members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The room also served to direct Copts to vote for...
Date of source: Thursday, December 2, 2010
The Muslim Brotherhood lost all of its parliamentary seats in the first round of this year’s elections, as well as all their websites. Most importantly, they also lost their parliamentary immunity.
‘Ā’ishah talks about how the group’s parliamentary bloc headquarters, which was once its safe haven,...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2010
The author presents a general overview of the problems in Egyptian political parties and their daily affairs. His work illustrates the disunion in these parties. As some al-Nasry members resign, al-Wafd party decides to remove the Coptic date from its newspaper and ban the use of the crescent and...
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The article says that Wafā’ Constantine decided to convert to Islam in order to be eligible for divorce from her priest husband, with whom she was extremely unhappy, making her the poster girl for oppressed women. According to the article, Wafā’ had been living at the Wādī al-Natrūn monastery since...
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2010
The article says that Kāmīliyā Shihātah, being unhappy with her marital life, followed in Wafā’ Constantine’s footsteps and spread rumors of her conversion to Islam either as a cry for help or as a way out. The article claims that she is now living in one of the Church’s guest houses in Masr al-...
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2010
Muhammad says that al-Qā‘idah has chosen to fight the Egyptian Church instead of any of its many other enemies around the world. However, he points out that the terrorist group is a bit late to the party, as many Islamists have been treating the Wafā’ Constantine and Kāmīliyā Shihātah cases as...
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2010
Manāl talks about the Egyptian population’s responsibility to fight discrimination against Copts. She says that after preaching about the importance of national unity, the National Democratic Party let down Copts by choosing only ten Coptic candidates to run for the upcoming elections. She says...
Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 2010
The reason behind the controversy surrounding Bishop Bīshūy's statements regarding the Qur'an is that they were made by Bishop Bīshūy, whose relationship with the press is infamous, rather than any other bishop, in which case the comments would have been completely disregarded. Bīshūy, despite...
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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.