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Date of source: Tuesday, January 2, 2001
The book "The History of Copts in Egypt," which was written in 1898, has been epublished by the Mar Marcos Institute for Coptic History Studies. The book is considered an important reference for those studying Coptic history. It shows the history of Copts during the reign of the Romans and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 27, 2000
The author, who is the Patriarch of the Catholic Copts, comments on the Birth of Christ saying that it was the birth of peace, love, equality among mankind and a starting point for a new humanity that forms one family whose father is God. He asked God to keep president Mubarak safe and healthy and...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2000
Naguib Mahfouz was dispossessed of a scholarship to France after his graduation because the head of the scholarships department thought that Mahfouz was a Copt. The author believes that this incident is strong evidence of the importance of Copts and the role they played in the modern history of...
Date of source: Thursday, December 21, 2000
Pope Shenouda and many Muslim religious men received a great number of inquiries and criticisms about the series of "Awan Al-Ward." Christians believe that the series presents the issue of the marriage between a Muslim man and a Christian woman as a matter that should be accepted by Christians out...
Date of source: Monday, December 18, 2000
Sheikh Attaya Saqr explained the difference between praying in Islam and Christianity and said that a Muslim is allowed to pray in churches or synagogues. A Muslim can pray anywhere on the earth as long as it is a pure place.
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2000
The Minster of Waqfs agreed to return about 54.5 acres in Assiut to the Evangelical church. He formed a committee to study the Church’s request to get back its possessions. After the committee examined all the documents, it concluded that the Evangelical church does have the right to get back the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 9, 2000
An armed man called Abbass Al-Baqar shoot, randomly, at the worshippers in the mosque of Al-Garapha village in Sudan. Twenty worshippers were killed and more than 40 others were moved to Umdurman Hospital. An official spokesman of the Sudanese police said that Al-Baqar belongs to the group of Al-...
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2000
Loutfi Laham, the Archbishop of the Roman Catholics was elected to succeed Patriarch Maximous V, who resigned for health reasons. In his first statement, Patriarch Laham praised the pioneer role of Egypt throughout the history.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2000
A draft of a presidential decree, according to which a new law for the national institutions and associations will be issued, was prepared. It prevents national organizations from working in five fields. Two of which are carrying out an activity that discriminates between citizens because of...
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2000
In a meeting of Islamic intellectuals, the Minister of Awqaf said that worshipping is more than the performance of religious rites. The Mufti promoted the idea of a Common Arabic and Islamic Market. He declared that importing any commodity that has an alternative in our Islamic and Arabic markets...
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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.