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Date of source: Friday, May 25, 2001
The head of the National Arab Americans Association said that when his association met the US Commission for International Religious Freedom, on its visit to Israel, they criticized the way the committee was formed and the way it works. He criticized the fact that Israel was not mentioned in the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2001
[RNSAW: Michael Meunier, president of the US Copts Association, only refers to the objections of Commissioner Nina Shea of the Freedom House to the report. He is obviously disappointed that all his activism did not produce the results he had wished.]
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
The author believes that Egyptians’ fear of the report of the US Commission for International Religious Freedom on Egypt prevented them from seeing that it was poorly written and lacked information. He thinks that the question in hand is not the rights of religious minorities, nor does it achieving...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Dr. John Watson, a consultant to the Archbishop of Canterbury on Coptic affairs, said that there are very few people, in the West, who know a lot about Islam. People in the West usually say that al-Islambuli murdered Sadat and that sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman is Islam. Dr. Watson said he taught...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Montasser Al-Zayyat admitted that the amount of understanding in the relation between the late President Sadat and the Islamist groups was in the interests of both sides. Sadat’s interest was disfiguring President Nasser by bringing court martials, violations of human rights, and torture in prisons...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2001
The author wrote an article in which he blamed the Sheikh of the Azhar and complained about his reaction to those opposing him. A comment on his article was said to be written by the General Secretary of Islamic Research Institute. What amazes the author is that when he blamed the Sheikh of the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2001
On his tour of the USA, Pope Shenouda declared that emigrant Copts are Egyptians and their love of and fidelity to Egypt was something beyond question. He said that keeping the reputation of Egypt and its dignity was the responsibility of all its children.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Egypt’s General Consul in the USA gave a reception in the Egyptian Consulate to welcome Pope Shenouda. The Pope pointed out the warm welcome that President Mubarak’s visit to the USA was met with, on the part of emigrant Copts. He stressed that the Copts of Egypt are all right and that they are...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
During his visit to the USA, Pope Shenouda consecrated three churches and laid the cornerstone of a fourth church. He also appointed some clergymen there.
Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2001
Bishop Bissenti of Al-Masara stressed that Egypt’s Islam and Christianity is something that belongs to Egyptians and that the US do not care about Muslims or Christians. He added that he did not care about abolishing the Hamayouni law. He just wanted churches and mosques to be treated in the same...
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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.