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Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
Sacd al-Dīn
Ibrāhīm, one of Egypt’s most prominent activists and human rights crusaders, has challenged his country’s leaders
for most of his life. He was imprisoned from 2000 to 2003 on charges that were criticized internationally as being
politically motivated. Ibrāhīm is writing his memoirs...
Date of source: Sunday, March 20, 2005
The Islamic state? A contradiction in terms. Jihad? Far too much emphasis these days on military action. A requirement that women wear a veil? A quaint leftover from pre-Muslim times that is not mandated by Islam.
These and other observations by Gamal Banna, an 84-year-old Egyptian author, have...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
Seven weeks after the discovery of a Coptic Christian family, found slain in their Jersey City home, police have arrested two felons in connection with the grisly murder that horrified a nation and garnered almost constant media coverage. On Friday 4 March 2005, Edward McDonald, 25, and Hamilton...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
The basic premise form which this article proceeds is that the Copts are (or should be) genuine Egyptian citizens, that is, first – calls citizens. Egypt is their county; they are not living here by the grace of others but are full entitled to enjoy the status and rights of nationhood, as full...
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
The scenes of massive Coptic outrage expressed in Cairo last December in reaction to the questionable conversion to Islam by Wafaa’ Qostatin [Wafā’ Costantine]- priest’s wife- and again last month in Fayoum [al-Fayyoum] to protest the dubious conversion of two medical students, require the utmost...
Date of source: Sunday, March 6, 2005
Earlier this month, writer and intellectual Tareq al-Bishri wrote in the Cairo weekly al – Osbou [al-Usbouc] that about a billion dollars find their way into the Coptic Church’s coffers every year. No one, he wrote, even remotely knows how these funds are spent, since the Church behaves as a...
Date of source: Sunday, March 27, 2005
Following are the details for the story of the Holy Virgin’s church, awaited so eagerly by some 750 families – about 3500 individuals in the old and new towns of Burg al – Arab [Burj al-cArab] and some 40 villages in the vicinity. The projected church was effectively dropped after 16 years of...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
Jurisprudence in Canada, a country that prides itself for its progressive human rights positions, took a hit in December when former Attorney General Marion Boyd released her long- awaited report on the permissibility of sharīca law under the Arbitration Act of the Province of Ontario. To the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
While those who convert to Islam, such as Cat Stevens, Jemina Khan, and Lord Birt, the former BBC Director – General, can publicly celebrate their new religion, those whose faith goes in the other direction face persecution.
Muslims who lose their faith face execution or imprisonment, in line with...
Date of source: Sunday, February 13, 2005
Earlier this month, as Egypt’s police celebrated their day, President Hosni Mubarak honored 103 policemen and officers for distinguished performance on duty. Only one – who had lost his life in action – was Copt, meaning that Copts measured 0.97 per cent of the honorees.
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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.