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Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2001
The author compliments the article above and sees this as an encouragement to use new information technology for Coptic activists living outside Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2003
Open letter to US President George W. Bush claiming Christian girls in Egypt are kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. The president is asked to interfere and if he does not, his “Christian posturing is nothing more than "showboating" for the next election.” This was the text Abdallah Kamal of...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 6, 2002
The statements of Pope Shenouda are praised. The Egyptian press is criticized for criticizing Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2002
“Among the Copts” by John H. Watson provides a good and critical review for the contemporary history and status of the Copts in the late 20th century. It shows how an ancient Christian community is facing a rising tide of intolerance and violence from Islamic militants and terrorism, and its...
Date of source: Monday, June 24, 2002
Meunier gives the most negative interpretation possible to the interviews with extremists in Al Mussawar. He suggests it could be to polish their images for a wide Egyptian public. It helps according to Meunier to install the idea, despite their apologies for their deeds, that this is a path to...
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2001
The Copts Daily Digest placed a criticism of an article of Dr. Zaghloul el-Naggar which was published in April. Dr. Al-Naggar wrote in that article that the revealed books before the Qur’an, including the Bible, were all lost or altered. Pastor Ameal Haddad wrote a strongly apologetic response,...
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2001
[RNSAW: Michael Meunier, president of the US Copts Association, only refers to the objections of Commissioner Nina Shea of the Freedom House to the report. He is obviously disappointed that all his activism did not produce the results he had wished.]
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2001
Press release about the struggle over the custody of two children in Egypt. The problem started with a Christian converting to Islam in 1991 in order to obtain a divorce from his wife. In 1996 he returned to Christianity but this is considered apostasy in Islam and is not recognized according to...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 4, 2001
Hundreds of Copts who live in North American took to the streets outside the White House to protest the Egyptian government’s sponsored persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt. The demonstration took place while President Mubarak was inside the White House meeting with President Bush. The...
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2001
A car accident caused the death of Father Antonios Zaki Ghobrial and three of his relatives in Minya governorate. Nakhla believes this accident is mysterious. He says this should arouse the suspicion of any reasonable person as to whether there was foul play somewhere.
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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.