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Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
The Media and Culture Committee in the Shura Council accused foreign parties of trying to incite sectarian strife between Muslims and Christians by using tabloids and warned against any new restrictions being imposed on the freedom of press.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2001
The crisis of Al-Nabaa turned into a human rights issue. Coptic organizations abroad expressed the opinion that Copts are a persecuted minority in Egypt. The website claims Copts demand Muslim females be allowed to marry Christians, preventing Christian women joining Islam, and broadcasting...
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2001
The author expressed his refusal of the request some Congress members will submit to the Egyptian government asking for the assignment of one of the Egyptian national newspapers to speak for the Copts. He believes that this is an attempt by the enemies of Egypt to create troubles between Copts and...
Date of source: Thursday, July 12, 2001
Coptic societies have been dedicating all their efforts to an international media campaign claiming they are persecuted despite the support they receive from the Egyptian government, the rejection of the Egyptian public of the article in al-Nabaa and the trial of its editor-in-chief in the court of...
Date of source: Monday, July 16, 2001
Thirty members of the American Congress signed a memorandum that advocates making one of the Egyptian local newspapers specialize in representing the rights of Egyptian Christians and highlighting their opinions regarding Egyptian internal affairs.
Date of source: Thursday, July 5, 2001
Saad Eddin Ibrahim’s wife wrote in the New York Times that President Mubarak was angry with Ibrahim because he expressed his frustration when the President was late for a meeting Ibrahim participated in. It was also written that the President was angry about what Ibrahim wrote about Copts and his...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
Dr. Mohammed Emara said that Islamic thinkers are excluded from being granted the state award of merit because those who are in charge of granting the award are Dr. Younan Labib Rizq, Dr. Mourad Wahba, and Dr. Milad Hanna [they are all Christians]. In effect, these three represent only 10% of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2001
Tomorrow the Egyptian Administrative Court is to end the controversy about Al-Nabaa newspaper. It will also look into two cases filed by Mamdouh Mahran. In the first he tries to override a verbal ruling by the Minister of Interior prohibiting the press house from operating and in the second he...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2001
Pope Shenouda’s secretary denied news about the pope suffering from a blood clot in his foot and this being the reason for his absence from the Wednesday lecture for two weeks. He justified his absence by saying it was to calm the youths’ spirits after the events caused by Al-Nabaa.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2001
Coptic wrath was very strongly justified and should never be underestimated or discounted. The security forces were disciplined and patient in their treatment of the crisis, despite a few transgressions. Coptic activism abroad stems primarily from a genuine patriotic fervor, which is absolutely...
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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.