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Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2007
In the
spotlight of the recent random Fatwás, a new Muslim denomination appears to be stealing the limelight on the
religious stage. Security forces launched a campaign of arrests against the followers of this belief. al-Qur’āniyyīn or Ahl al-Qur’ān do not recognize the Sunnah or the H...
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
The author criticizes Egyptian scholar Zaghlūl al- Najjār’s opinions that tsunami, as well as any natural disasters, occur as punishment from God to countries that welcome infidel tourists, and permit gambling or the consumption of alcohol.
Date of source: Monday, June 18, 2007
Khālid
Muntasir writes about the assassination of Faraj Fūdah and the accusations directed against him. These accusations
include Fūdah’s rejection of the application of Islamic Sharī‘ah, having seen no positive
impact of its application in other countries.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
A Copt was forced to withdraw from the Shūrá Council elections in the interest of the nominee of the ruling National Democratic Party. While the church urges Coptic youth to lead a positive role in public life and calls to establish a Muslim-Christian committee for this aim, many Coptic thinkers...
Date of source: Monday, June 4, 2007
Pope Shenouda III has sent the president a memorandum, which calls for an end for the injustice practiced against Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2007
A group calling itself ‘The Group of Purification from the Vices of the Corrupt Priest’ has recently distributed leaflets accusing a priest of having sexual affairs and filming women in indecent situations in order to blackmail them.
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2007
Michael Munīr comments on religious discrimination in Egypt. He asserted that he would not rest until he makes sure that the Egyptian government would take action against discrimination of Christians. He also pointed out that he testified against Egypt when the committee asked him about images of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 26, 2007
Ownership of a piece of land in the Upper Egyptian village of Isnā ignites sectarian strife between Muslims and Christians of the village. Both groups seem to have equally official documents proving ownership of the land.
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2004
I have some questions related to the administrative and financial side of the Coptic Orthodox Church and these questions have nothing to do with the faith or theology.
Coptic churches abroad suffer from many problems due to their expansion of church building in the absence of either a long-run...
Date of source:
Egypt’s Syndicate of Journalists and the independent newspaper al-Misrī al-Yawm embarked on taking the necessary legal procedures to have the sentence of one-year term in jail and a fine of 10,000 Egyptian pounds against each one of three journalists suspended.
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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.