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Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Pope Shenouda doesn’t forgive easily those who wrong him, although he often speaks about forgiveness. He didn’t allow anyone to pray over Ibrahim Abdel-Said his aggressive opponent after his death. He refused to forgive Father Aghathon, the monk of Misr Al-Kadima, with whom he had a conflict seven...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2001
In this article the author gives his own point of view about Christian fanaticism in Egypt. In the first half of the twentieth century, such fanaticism was reflected in two streams; a religious movement aiming to reform the church and another purely political one. In the second half of the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 31, 2001 to Friday, April 6, 2001
An emigrant Copt claimed that Bishop Yo’annis was detained by some Muslim terrorists during the riots in Al-Khosheh for some hours during which time he was forced to say the Shahada [This is the Muslim declaration of faith: There is no God but God and Mohammed is His prophet]. He did say it and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 27, 2001
Excerpts, selected by Al-Ahram, of a message from Pope Shenouda to the Copts in American before President Mubarak’s visit to the USA. Pope Shenouda writes President Mubarak is concerned about national unity and the concerns of the Copts. Pope Shenouda also praises the appeal of the Prosecutor...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2001
The author believes that viewing foreign intervention in the Egyptian affairs as nothing but a conspiracy against Egypt and its people is a deluded view and an adoption of an unjustifiably defensive, isolationist position. He explains that his decision to meet the commission arose from a patriotic...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2001
The author considered Adel Hamouda’s article "The Suspicious Relationship Between Pope Shenouda and Rifa’at Al-Sa’id" to be a slip of a pen. He is of the opinion that the desire to write something which attracts attention, pushed Hamouda to write this article that there was no need for. It pushed...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 21, 2001
The author believes that there is no suspicious relationship between Pope Shenouda and Rifa’at Al-Sa’id as Adel Hamouda mentioned in his article "The Suspicious Relationship Between Pope Shenouda and Rifa’at Al-Sa’id." He said that the Pope with his religious position is above all suspicion and...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2001
A deacon from Daqahlia commented on Al-Midan’s article "The emigrant Copts and the money of the church." He said the article was about the churches of the orthodox denomination, whose leader is Pope Shenouda but it was based on the opinion of a Protestant pastor. A thing that he considered not good...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2001
The priest of the Hanging Church said that the State gives no allocation to the Church, which is only funded by the donations of its children. He denied that emigrant Copts send lots of money to the Egyptian Church. The pastor of the Church of Ain Shams said that the financial affairs of the Church...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 28, 2001
Pope Shenouda exalted the climate of freedom and democracy; all Egyptians live in, in the shade of the leadership of President Mubarak. He said that the idea that Jews are God’s chosen people is wrong. He criticized the Vatican for discharging Jews from wronging Jesus Christ and shedding his blood.
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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.