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Date of source: Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Dr. Musafá al-Fiqī asserts that Copts’ problems are about to be solved.
Date of source: Saturday, February 6, 2010
The author writes about the opening of the St. Antonious monastery after an eight year restoration project.
Date of source: Thursday, January 14, 2010
The Criminal Court has ruled in favor of 19 people who had been arrested in the sectarian riots in Dayrūt, Upper Egypt. The decision was met with relief by the detained and their families and but Copts expressed their fear of new incidents in the absence of penalties.
Date of source: Friday, December 29, 2006
After a long-standing ban, stretching almost half a century, the controversial ’Awlād Hāritnā’ by Najīb Mahfūz has been published in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, February 9, 2007
The Evangelical election scheduled for March 23, 2007, is expected to be more exciting this time. Dr. Rev. Makram Najīb is running for head of the denomination against Dr. Re. Ṣafwat al-Bayyāḍī.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
During work to upgrade our database from Drupal 7 to Drupal 10, we found only the title of this article, the name of the Egyptian publication, Ṣawt al-Azhar, the name of the author, Muṣṭafā Thābit, the year, week and article number which indicates when it was published. Something must have gone...
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The author, a member of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, affirms that Islam does not accept the ‘Urfī marriage because it is not registered and consequently would cause the rights of either party of the ‘Urfī couple to be lost, since the courts of law acknowledge only marriage contracts...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Rev. Dr. John Hiemstra, Director of the office of the New York Council of Churches, wrote that there is less restraint in blaming Arabs than for blaming Muslims for the attacks in America, as many think they are against America. He also pointed out that there is a difference between what educated...
Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2005
Jennifer Drago, an American Christian volunteer with the Mennonite Central Committee, is living with her family in the Upper Egyptian provincial town Banī Suwayf (Beni Suef), and reflects on her experiences at a beach camp with Coptic orphan girls. Her article shows that the mentality of Egyptian...
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2005
The grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, has recently met with a delegation of U.S. Copts in an attempt to promote constructive Muslim-Christian dialogue.
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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.