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Date of source: Saturday, October 15, 2005
A number of Egyptian Copts and clergy respond to ‘Adlī Abādīr’s invitation to the Washington conference, scheduled for November 17.
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2005
About 12 million Egyptians are Copt, but there are at least seven million above the age of 18, who have the right to vote, but do not register their names in the voting books.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 5, 2005
Pope Shenouda denied rumors that the Church would nominate a number of Copts for Parliament.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
The head of the Coptic church has made public statements about the political representation quota system, which Copts have rejected, fearing an increase in sectarian tensions and arguing that the quota system runs counter to the principle of citizenship.
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
Sulaymān Shafīq argues that according to the 1995 statistics [Reviewer's note: The author perhaps was mistaken because the statistics were conducted in 1996, not 1995, as Christian surveys are usually made every 10 years and the last ones took place in 1986], Copts represent 22.5 percent of the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 9, 2005
A paper by the Cairo-based National Center for Social and Criminal Studies in 1985 claimed that 98 percent of Muslims and 68 percent of Christians approved application of the Islamic shari‘a, and so the author claims that the application of the Islamic shari‘a is an Egyptian demand.
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2005
Jirjis Hilmī ‘Āzir discusses the thorny issue of Egyptian Christians converting to Islam.
Date of source: Monday, October 3, 2005
Copts abroad are also alleging that Christian girls are kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam, forgetting that Egyptian law criminalizes the act of harassing women in public. Egypt is not Chicago nor is it a barbaric society ruled by whims. In Egypt, any man would rush to the aid of a woman,...
Date of source: Friday, September 23, 2005
Mamdouh Nakhla, who submitted a proposal to establish a Coptic party, answers questions about the objectives of such a party.
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2004 to Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Modernizing the discourse of the Orthodox Coptic Church is as important as developing and modernizing the Islamic discourse. The ancient Coptic internal system must be reformed. It is in such discourse and ancient systems that the problems of Egypt are embodied. Hypocrisy and double standards must...
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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.