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Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
Participants of "The first international symposium of Egyptian Copts: A minority under siege.” addressed the symposium on one of three levels. The first expressed wrath at the deterioration in the state of affairs of the Copts throughout the past half – century. On the second level, participants...
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
The first International Symposium on Egypt’s Cops took place in Zurich, Switzerland, between September 23 and September 25, 2004. This important event was organized by Mr. Adly Youssef, a leading Copt who lives in Switzerland, and was sponsored by "Christian Solidarity International" (CSI), "The...
Date of source: Sunday, October 3, 2004
Now Benedicta Ward SLG and Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, have joined (or, better, rejoined) the caravan out to the desert--not, fortunately, as tourists but as seekers and translators. Dr. Rowan Williams’ Silence and Honey Cakes illustrates the wisdom Coptic monastic life. Sister...
Date of source: Sunday, October 10, 2004
An analysis of the present policies of the State and the government, and their current method of dealing with the problems of Egyptians in general and Copts in particular make me no optimist.
A long history of official disregard and denial of the curtailment of Coptic citizenship rights appears to...
Date of source: Thursday, December 20, 2001
The press release summarizes the text of the charter the Arab Christian-Muslim Working Group which is working closely with the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC). The charter expresses a shared commitment of Muslims and Christians to engage energetically in "working together to promote...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 19, 2001
The head of Al-Ubor city ordered his police forces to destroy the only Church in the city just hours after the church opened its doors and held its first prayer meeting according to a Press release sent out by the US Copts Association. The Coptic Orthodox Church had obtained all proper permissions...
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2001
The head of the Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transplantation Department at the Animal Reproduction Research Institute, who is a Copt, faced problems around his promotion to a higher position. Although he meets all the conditions for the promotion and although he was recommended by the...
Date of source: Thursday, November 15, 2001 to Wednesday, November 21, 2001
Could the current US-led coalition war against Afghanistan result in tensions between Egypt’s two major religions? In Lebanon the split between Christians and Muslims has widened as each has taken the opposite side. Egypt, however, has experienced nothing of this kind.
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2001
The article speaks about the many problems the Bishopric of Manfalout in Upper Egypt faced to get permit to restore one of its buildings which houses the Bishop’s residence and the Bishopric services.
Date of source: Sunday, September 9, 2001
The church of Anba Antonius in Munqatin, Minya, is still waiting for an official license to use their church building for worship. Coptic villagers built the church in 1991 after 13 years of failed attempts to obtain an official license to built a church in their village. Security authorities...
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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.