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Date of source: Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Many Egyptian Copts, whether educated or illiterate, believe in the blessings of saints… A girl, although has a bachelor degree in pharmacology, keeps a glass of water mixed with sand, known as "Father Yassa’s holy sand", in her bedroom. She drinks this water everyday although these beliefs have no...
Date of source: Thursday, July 7, 2005
Angry masses crowded waiting for the Pope to come out of the Wednesday meeting. People were not quiet as usual, because of what happened the previous Wednesday when people from al-Mahalla al-Kubra gathered around the papal office asking not to dismiss bishop Matthias, bishop of al-Mahalla al-Kubra...
Date of source: Thursday, July 7, 2005
The Orthodox Cathedral in ‘Abbāsīya suffers from a real crisis because of the problems between Pope Shenouda III and his parishioners all over the country…. Many struggles are coming into light recently because of some bishops’ violations of Orthodox teachings….
Date of source: Thursday, June 23, 2005
Within the next few days, a delegation of Catholic men of religion will visit the Holy Land in Palestine. This is their second journey since Easter. This journey created resentment among Orthodox leaders who consider this action a violation to the majority, as Pope Shenouda III announced that...
Date of source: Thursday, June 23, 2005
The Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muhammad Mahdī ‘ā kif, dwelt on superstitious matters in his weekly message to the outlawed group members in a bid to convince them that "heaven would make its retaliation for the attempts to detain the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood."
Date of source: Thursday, December 9, 2004
Every now and then the US ambassador Cairo tries to tear the Egyptian national tissue under the pretext of religious persecution [of Copts], while the reality in Egypt proves the contrary. Since the American ambassador arrived to Cairo four years ago, he has been using any incident to vent his...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 24, 2002
Christians get acquainted with the principles of Islam through drama. So there is no problem if Muslims get acquainted with the principles of Christianity through Christian drama. However, many of the Christian films produced so far have been shown only in the framework of the church.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Michael Meunier issued a statement about Al-Kosheh a few hours before President Mubarak´s visit to Washington. Copts ignored his request for them to sign a petition.
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2006
A review of articles in the Egyptian press on the Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, examining the effect of the demonstrations across the Muslim world on Egypt’s tourist industry and suggestions that governments in Islamic countries have encouraged angry opposition to the cartoons to vent...
Date of source: Thursday, February 2, 2006
The article is discussing the secret resumption of dialogue between Egyptian Christians and the Muslim Brotherhood and the issues taken up in the agenda of the meeting, which included the isolation and persecution of Copts.
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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.