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Date of source: Wednesday, December 18, 2002
President Mubarak’s decision to make Coptic Christmas, January 7, a national holiday.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Bishop Samuel liked very much to see a revival of ancient Coptic traditions. Al-Ahram Weekly’s editor-in-chief, Hosny Guindy, has been praised for his strong ethical principles. Guindy was a fine example of a Copt who was able to obtain a leading position in Egyptian society, despite claims of some...
Date of source: Monday, March 15, 2004
Mr. De Coursac is a French national living in Egypt who strongly objects to US foreign policy in the Middle East. He expressed this objection in an irrational manner and this has made him to misinterpret events and explain them as a US conspiracy without realizing that in that way he has alienated...
Date of source: Friday, April 2, 2004
The latest rumor about sectarian unrest has been about a Christian woman who was assaulted in Awlad Ragab [a supermarket] in Cairo. The story is merely an incident of misbehavior and impoliteness by a security worker of a supermarket. Some priests at the churches warned Christian women against...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 3, 2004
It seems that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom must have issued
its report on religious discrimination between Muslims and Copts in Egypt months before its
visit. The report claims that the Egyptian mass media is too lazy and not qualified enough to
cover the religious...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 2004
Last Friday night, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom arrived in Cairo in a secretive atmosphere. The Commission delivered a brief statement concerning the objectives of the visit, which takes place between July 16 and July 23. The Commission is paving the way for the...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Lord Carey, former Archbishop of Canterbury, Prince Turki of Saudi Arabia and others coming to Cairo for a lecture on Christianity and Islam.
An article about the death of 21 Christians and one Muslim in al-Kosheh with comments of Bishop Marcos and Watani editori-in-chief Yousef Sidhom.
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2005
Prominent Egyptian intellectual and scientist Dr. Rushdy Said noted that two contradicting traditions govern the relationship between Muslims and Copts in Egypt: the first fosters brotherhood and understanding while the second encourages suspicion and hatred. I remembered this as I read the book Al...
Date of source: Friday, January 5, 2001
Comment on the Copts Daily Digest’s reporting about difficulties around church building in Al-Ubur City
Date of source: Friday, December 28, 2001
Christianity Today published a long article by Cornelis Hulsman about H.H. Pope Shenouda and Father Matta el-Meskeen, two major reformers in the contemporary Coptic Orthodox Church. The article is presented in this issue of the RNSAW with permission of Christianity Today. You will find here...
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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.