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Date of source: Monday, September 15, 2003
Father Marcos Aziz Khalil comments on an article published in Sout Al-Umma that discusses the new custom of Christians of putting a sign of a fish to distinguish them from other religions.
Date of source: Monday, September 15, 2003
The writer comments on articles published on Sout Al-Umma that discusses the new custom of Christians of putting a sign of a fish to distinguish them from other religions.
28. The fish symbol is a special sign on Copts´ cars, and a bomb that threatens the “national unity”
Date of source: Monday, September 8, 2003
The writers comment on a new phenomenon of Christian youth. It was noticeable that most of their cars have the symbol of a fish. The writers try to find out the meaning and reason behind this symbol, which they believe threatens national unity.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 19, 2003
The author gives examples of what he believes is external religiosity. He expresses the opinion that external religiosity is one of the consequences of “the crisis of identity” Egyptians are going through.
Date of source: Monday, August 18, 2003
The writer discusses the future of the religious discourse in Egypt in light of the discourse of modern Islamic preachers. He believes their discourse is illogical and very superficial in tackling hot issues
Date of source: Saturday, March 8, 2003
A sheikh told people that the Masseikh El-Daggal [anti Christ] and the Awaited Mahdi are born. When people know that the end is coming, they tend to forget their problems and crises because they have a ready solution [the end] which will sweep away all economic, political and social crises.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2003
The Qur´an has many verses about God supporting believers and giving them victory. However, such verses can only be applied to true believers. Many Muslims today, according to the description of the Qur´an, are far from real faith.
Date of source: Friday, January 24, 2003
Extremists try to propagate their ideas inside campuses and among students. They want to separate male students from female students in lecture halls. They tell the girls to put on veils and to avoid wearing trousers.
Date of source: Monday, January 20, 2003
The author criticizes the media for using the word “Copt” incorrectly. The word is used as part of the terms “Muslims and Copts,” “emigrant Copts” and “Coptic museum.” It is used to indicate religion while it actually indicates nationality.
Date of source: Saturday, January 18, 2003 to Friday, January 24, 2003
The policy of boycotting Western products led to a commercial use of Islam. Iran could be considered the first country to professionally pursue what is called the “Islamization” of Western products.
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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.