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Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
For the first time, the Ministry of Interior announces the death of one of its detainees, Akram Al-Zohari, who had been imprisoned in Mazra’et Tura prison. The Ministry delegated a committee from the parliament to go and listen to members of the Muslim Brotherhood. Two days before Zohari ’s death,...
Date of source: Monday, June 14, 2004
An Evangelical pastor, Adly Bassilious has been distributing leaflets accusing a number of Evangelical pastors of stealing and converting Muslim girls into Christians. He filed a complaint at the Waily district police station accusing the Church of the Synod of the Nile owned [the Arabic text used...
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Safwat Higazi is now the sheikh favored by all members of the upper class. He goes to their houses to deliver his fatwas and he is working to become a substitute for Amr Khaled. Higazy represents no real threat to the new preacher. Now is his chance to occupy the scene in the coming days.
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Habeel has formed a new church called the Church of the Virgin, the Mother of the Light, and the Habeel the Pious. Anyone who knows him would know that he seeks fame. He also wants to form a Christian political party and has submitted a request to the Committee of Political Party Affairs. The...
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
A report released on the health condition of President Mubarak by Hani Al-Seba’i, the head of Al-Maqrizi Center for Historical Studies, also revealed the names of the organizations that are against the regime. These organizations disseminate their ideas from abroad freely. Those organizations are...
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
There are dozens of Internet sites that propagate rumors made up by enemies of the nation, starting with Al-Qa’ida members and ending with the Coptic émigrés. Al-Maqrizi Center’s web site has recently spread a rumor about the President Mubarak’s health. That rumor was easily contained, but many...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 2004
The rebellion of the young women of the Azhar University has started. The Administrative Court affiliated to the State Council is currently examining about 60 lawsuits filed by female students from the Azhar University demanding equality with male students. The Azhar University prefers to enlist...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 7, 2004
When Habeel Saeed Tawfiq declared himself patriarch of Orthodox Copts and established a new Christian denomination and new papal chair after the name of St. Paul the Apostle, he provided media with cheap publishing material.
The last lawsuit against Habeel is filed by Attia Farid who was hired by...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Habeel made a visit to Israel in 2002, which coincided with the petition he presented for the establishment of a new Christian denomination. Habeel’s visit to Israel was made at the invitation of the Israeli embassy in Cairo to visit Jerusalem and meet with some Israeli rabbis. There are many...
Date of source: Monday, April 11, 2005
Tilwāna, the quiet village of al-Bājour, al-Munoufīya has been unstable because of the rifts between its Muslims and Copts. 10,000 citizens reside in this village, out of which 120 Coptic families have been living in harmony. The details surrounding the fire that took place at the church’s guest...
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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.