Displaying 101 - 110 of 122.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 8, 2000
State Security Prosecution heard the testimony of Father Gibra’il Abdel-Messih concerning the tragic incidents of Al-Kosheh. State Security Prosecutor, Counselor Hisham Saraya, ordered the release of the priest on a LE 1,000 bail [Editor: approximately US$ 300,-] after investigations which...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2000
... The government is the accused. It is the planner and the killer here, which means that what happened in Al-Kosheh is a creation of the government. However, nobody has told us how, why, and for what reason. ... If you want to know the truth of what happened in the Al-Kosheh incident, listen to...
Date of source: Friday, January 28, 2000
... Love is the essence of life which attracts us to work, movement and exert effort. Love reconciles us to the hard way and encourages us in troubles. These are the principles of love in Christianity and Islam. I hope that the followers of both religions might pray in order to achieve this...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 26, 2000
A daily evening newspaper has published false lies in which it claimed that Bishop Wissa ordered Qummus Gibra’il to call Al-Ahali newspaper to give it photographs and video tapes about the incidents of Al-Kosheh. It said that the tape affects the relations between Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Monday, January 24, 2000
We discussed with Bishop Bissenti the possibility of the presence of foreign fingers in the matter, about the American law of religious persecution - whether it had tempted the Copts to start problems from inside Egypt, and about the suggestion of a delegation from [the US] Congress visiting Egypt...
Date of source: Friday, January 21, 2000
The peacemaking committee has not completed its work in Al-Kosheh. They have a few major problems.
Date of source: Thursday, February 3, 2000
In interviews from Cairo to the deep southern town of Kosheh, many Egyptians voiced mistrust and scorn for the other religion, while others said Egypt enjoyed religious harmony and that Kosheh was an isolated incident.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
Father Makarios Yusef of Abu Qurqas told al-Wafd about how he convinced AFP-correspondent Lachlan Carmichael about the unity of Muslims and Christians in Abu Qurqas. The RNSAW spoke to Carmichael who referred for his opinion to his article in the Middle East Times.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 19, 2000
Father Gabra’il Abdel-Messih defends himself against accusations that he has used weapons. At the time of killing he was not in Al-Kosheh, but he was in Sohag meeting with two great security leaders to whom he was complaining about the burning of the commercial shops and them being exposed to...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2000
Mustafa Bakry, editor-in-chief of al-Usbua blames bishop Wissa and others for believing that the USA will be able to protect the Copts in Egypt. Solutions need to be found in Egypt, not abroad.
Those who say that Christians are treated like second degree citizens are abandoning the truth and...
Pages
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.