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Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2005
“I believe the first problem is the construction of churches. What I am saying is that there must be a unified law in which the mosque and the church are equal…We are focusing on this issue and the constitution guarantees the freedom of worship. If we really want to observe and respect the...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
The Bible says “no divorce except for marital unfaithfulness.” Pope Shenouda insists on applying the Biblical text literally thinking, that he should obey God, not the people.
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
His Holiness Pope Shenouda III is an extremely wise and intellectual man, a unique person who knows and understands a lot. He has a long living memory that goes back in history.
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
At the request of Dr. ‘Abd al-Rahmān al- ‘Adawī, the Azhar discussed the correct understanding of the term ‘anti-Semitic’. The discussion came after the emergence of the new U.S. law on anti-Semitism.
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
U.S. Department of State issued its first report on Anti-Semitism in the world, in which it adopted the same accusations as those of some Jewish and Zionist organizations towards European, Islamic, and Arab nations.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2005
Expatriate Copts rejected and condemned what some newspapers published as a message from the National Coptic Society to Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon. The message requested Sharon’s intervention to solve the Coptic problem in Egypt. This came in a statement to al-Ahālī presented by 14 Coptic...
Date of source: Monday, January 10, 2005
Each time a sectarian incident blows up between Muslims and Copts in Egypt, the churches construction issue is brought up. It is now deep-rooted in minds that the government is fighting the Copts and the building of churches.
Date of source: Sunday, January 9, 2005
The Christians and Muslims of the village of Damshāw Hāshim recently witnessed sectarian violence between a majority of Muslims and a minority of Christians, united by poverty. Alienated by unemployment, idleness and penury, the young are full of a hatred that does not distinguish between religions...
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
The problem started in July of last year, when a Christian family started building a house in Damshāw, and rumor spread that the family was building a church for the Christian residents of the village.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2005
In court case number 538, judicial year 5, submitted by Hannā Sulaymān Jirjis, the latter declared having built a hut, which he called the church of Qassāsīn, as a place to pray with his fellow Copts. An administrative decision was issued to stop religious practices until they received official...
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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.