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Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 2010
To escape charges of fraud, thievery, and identity theft, “T.M.” decided to convert to Islam. Doing so would allow him to legally change his name and make his old identity untraceable in a process guided by the Azhar. Al-Sāwī says that the Higher Institute of Social Services graduate is a talented...
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 2010
There are fierce competitions in Minya, as the ruling National Democratic Party candidates include ten Copts, nine members of the Muslim Brotherhood, and four women. The Banī Mazār district sees the Abū Fanā Monastery priests’ lawyer, Īhāb ‘Ādil Ramzī, go up against two members of General ‘Abd al-...
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 2010
Hanafī criticizes the attitude of extremist shaykhs and their calling anyone with a different opinion an infidel and apostate who should be killed. He also criticized religious satellite channels and says that Coptic channels portray Muslims as terrorists because a lot of Coptic youth convert to...
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 2010
The article talks about Father Marqus ‘Azīz setting up a satellite channel called al-Rajā‘, which allegedly does its best to stir fitnah tā’ifīyah. He allegedly used to appear on the channel calling for the evacuation of the occupying Arab Muslims from Egypt. The article points out that he has...
Date of source: Thursday, October 21, 2010
‘Adil claims that a number of Christian and Jewish businessmen in the United States secretly plan on forming an alliance for protecting Copts in Egypt. He also claims that many United States Congress members have been urged to issue legislations for punishing the Egyptian government and that Copts...
Date of source: Thursday, October 21, 2010
Last week, four Islamic satellite channels were shut down for issuing inaccurate fatwás and superstitious material. Twelve additional religious channels have been ordered to be shut down. Extremist Christian channels are believed to be the next target. The article says that shutting down these...
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Pope Shenouda III and Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahalāwī were both victims of Presdident Muhammad Anwar al-Sadāt’s mass disputes with public figures. The President sent Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahalāwī to a maximum security prison for criticizing the first lady. Yet Shaykh Ahmad al-Mahalāwī is now using al-Sadāt’s...
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 2010
Young director Īyād Sālih’s film about Father Mattá al-Maskīn was screened at the Ismailia International Festival for Documentary & Short Films. It tells the story of the first Egyptian monk to have completed higher education and how one of his students, Shenouda III, who like Sadat mixed...
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 2010
‘Azab says that after years of ignorance and denial, both the ruling and opposition political parties are fighting over who should represent Copts in parliament. This is the first time this has happened in the National Democratic Party. She says that back in the days of Makram ‘Ubayd, a person’s...
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 2010
The article starts by talking about the relationship between Najīb Sawīrus and Ibrāhīm ‘Īsá over the years, mentioning how Sawīrus shut down cĪsá’s newspaper in 1998 and recently discontinued his television program on short notice. It then goes on to say how Ridá Edward and al-Sayyid al-Badawī...
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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.