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Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Egyptian newspapers present mixed reactions to Pope Benedict’s "apology" for comments he made earlier
this
month on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. In light of the already tense atmosphere in the Muslim world,
a Berlin
opera company canceled Mozart’s ’Idomeneo’ for fear of protest over...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The review deals with varied opinions about Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks
considered offensive in Muslim and
Arab countries amidst calls to expel the papal nuncio in Egypt and put the
interfaith dialogue with the
Vatican on the back burner.
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 1997
Subtitle:Bishop Bishoy "We are against fanaticism and fanatics, whether they are Muslims or Copts."The author has gone to meetings of Egyptians in the USA and found all to be loyal to Egypt. All Arabic papers published in the USA and Canada are convinced that the Jewish lobby is trying to damage...
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 1997
The author
criticizes the journalism of excitement that tries to attract readers who share the same attitude.
Watani is
proud that it follows the journalism of honor. Watani works with a protocol, whose
full text is provided and
rejects publications which stir up the sentiments of Muslims or...
Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 1997
Dr. Selim Naguib, a judge in Montreal, Canada and the president of the Canadian Coptic Association, defends emigrant Copts from accusations that they are behind American pressure on Egypt concerning the status of the Copts, arguing that ignoring problems is the real mistake.
Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 1997
At the Azhar,
English woman Jane Wilman, the wife
of an Alexandrian businessman, Dr. Ali Elba, has declared that she has
embraced Islam and taken the new name Eisha
Mohammed Elba. This conversion was applauded in the national
newspaper, al-Ahram, but Youssuf Sedhum wonders
why conversions to...
Date of source: Sunday, September 21, 1997
Romani
Shafiek Agieb is a student who was persecuted by the University
of Asiut, Faculty of Education, after being
refused the right to nominate himself as a lecturer and then a
university professor. As a result, many
Egyptian Copts offered to help the student finish his higher education...
Date of source: Thursday, August 28, 1997
President Housni Moubarak gave a comprehensive political speech to Al-Ahram newspaper last week. This speech dealt with the president’s viewpoints concerning the most important internal and external issues and was clear and self- evident. Yet the problems of the Copts, and their aspirations for the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 17, 1997
A piece of land
in Assuit was donated by citizens for the building of a mosque, and it was
decided by the authorities to
destroy all property already on that land. However, two brothers claim that the land
was not owned by the
generous citizens, but actually belonged to them. They say they...
Date of source: Sunday, July 27, 1997
Subtitle:Signing a
21 million pound restoration contractEgypt’s minister of culture has
signed a contract of 21 million
Egyptian pounds to restore the famous Hanging Church bringing to an end a
15-year-old dispute about the restoration
of the 5th century church. The aim is to develop...
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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.