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Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2000
The Egyptian government and people, Christians and Muslims alike, warmly welcomed Pope John Paul II ’s visit. This universal welcome reflected the tolerance and unity of the Egyptian people. After returning to the Vatican, he announced a historic apology for massacres his forefathers committed...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
"Extremism Association" changes according to the circumstances. Extremism that creates terrorism cannot be destroyed from the first time because it aims at destroying the Egyptian society. This association wants the Egyptian people to go back to the stone age. This association gained strength from...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
"Al-Mustashyakhoun" [Arabic for unqualified people who pretend to be sheikhs]
The people who belong to this group let their beards grow and sit in front of television cameras like superstars. They put the initials "Dr." before their names in order to mislead people and make them think that they...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2000
A security report stated that the number of the mass suicide victims in Uganda exceeds 500 persons. The medical examiners are now examining the bodies burnt due to the fire that was lit by the Ten Commandments Group in the church building while they were practicing their religious rituals.
Date of source: Sunday, March 19, 2000
At least 230 people belonging to a religious group called "The Movement of the Ten Commandments" committed suicide. The leader of this group had told his followers that suicide would reduce the pain in the life hereafter.
[Editor: Al-Ahrar also reported this news on the same day on p.1]
Date of source: Friday, March 17, 2000
Mustafa Abdel-Qader, Minister for Local Development voiced in this interview the same opinion as in Al-Ahram. "A solution for the problems in Al-Kosheh depends on the political dimension, development and respect for the law." The interview concerned development in general and included Al-Kosheh....
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2000
At a press conference in Al-Kosheh Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Suleiman, Minister for Housing, and General Mustafa Abdel-Qader, Minister for Local Development and General Ahmed Bakr, Governor of Sohag, and other dignitaries talked about the government development of Al-Kosheh village as a model village...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
In the first initiative of its kind, the University of Assiut opened the door for discussing and studying the humanitarian and social implication of Al-Kosheh disaster. The university invited several professors and intellectuals from several streams in the symposium titled: "A country without...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
Counselor Maher Abdel-Wahed, the Attorney General, announced yesterday the results of the investigations in the cases of Al-Kosheh and Dar Al-Salaam... The investigations reached the conclusion that there are no people of religion, extremists, or supporters of a certain political movement among...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
The letter of the Bishop of Deir Mawass in Minya governorate to Watani newspaper, which was published under in the article titled: "The Echoes of the Statement of the Hundred", provoked rage in the hearts of Muslims and Christians together. They protest that his narration of the matter he relates...
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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.