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Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2002
The author believes that his journey with a group of journalists to Al-Muharraq Monastery is a symbolic journey from ignorance to knowledge. Egyptian Muslims and Christians suffer from their ignorance about each other. Knowledge is their way out of any problem between them.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Father Basilius of the Monastery of Makarius responds to the articles of Dr. John Watson [week21] and Amīr Mīlād [week 22] about the Wādī al-Rayyān, providing more details, showing the hierarchical structure of the church that does not accept individual monks going their own way.
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2002
Christian reporter Nagy George, critical of US Coptic activists, passed away.
Report on a visit to the monasteries of al-Muharraq, al-Qussia and Assiut.
Description of the conversations on difficulties around expanding the Monastery and Muslim-Christian relations in the area with Bishop Thomas of...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
Jamāl Ascad is a writer, an activist, and a former member of the People’s assembly. Ascad was expelled from al-Muhrraq Monastery and was socially excluded when he dared discuss the political role of the Pope.
Date of source: Monday, October 11, 2004
For the fourth consecutive year, the bishop of the Monastery of Al-Muharraq, His Grace Bishop Sawiris, has coordinated, along with the Egyptian Journalists’ Syndicate, the annual visit of a group of honest, patriotic journalists to the Monastery. His Grace gave a speech in which he emphasized the...
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2001
The author received many letters comparing the story Al-Nabaa published about the expelled monk and the contents of "A banquet for Seaweed," "The Formation Period" and "Yathrib Community," which are believed to disdain Islam. His conclusion was that the law prohibits scorning religions and that is...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2001
Based on the suggestions of Copts, Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria studied new procedures to limit Coptic visits to monasteries all over Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2001
Bishop Saweris, the confession father of the expelled monk, said that he confessed his sins three months before he was expelled in 1996. The bishop said he tried to reform him after he became suspicious about his behavior. When failed to reform him, he expelled him from the monastic order and...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2001
The writer believes that the demonstrations by thousands of Coptic youths in the Patriarchate, protesting about what Al-Nabaa published, should not be considered only in the light of Al-Nabaa disaster. He compared between the problem the "Banquet for Seaweed" caused and that caused by the story of...
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2001
The Egyptian press coverage of Al-Nabaa covers areas such as the public’s opinion of the paper, the Virgin Mary mulid [pilgrimage festival] at Al-Muharraq monastery, plus interviews with the Coptic youth who demonstrated in front of the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo and the lawyer for the lady who was...
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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.