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For the third week in a row, Wafā’ Costantine still dominates the scene in Egypt. Her story has become a burning issue, even more compelling than the Palestinian issue. [Editor: for a background of this issue see AWR, 2004, week 51, art. 13]
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The Abū al-Matāmīr tensions triggered a full-page article in Sawt al-Ummah newspaper claiming that Israel wants to declare a Coptic state in Upper Egypt or Hurghada. Other discussions followed the tensions, some of them very emotional.
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This special report provides information about the developments of Wafaa Costantine’s conversion according to news Egyptian newspapers published about her in chronological order
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In early December 2004, a small number of Copts from the northern Egyptian governorate of al-Beheira gathered at 7.00 p.m. outside the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-Abbassiya to call on Pope Shenouda III to bring them back the allegedly kidnapped wife of Father Youssef Moawad.
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On December 6, four newspapers reported about the rally of dozes of Coptic youth at the St. Mark Cathedral in protest of what they called ?the absence of a Coptic priest’s wife? who was forced to convert Islām. Wafaa Costantine, the wife, belongs to the town of Abū al-Matameer in the Delta...
Date of source: Thursday, November 23, 2006
Muhammad al- Shāfi‘ī interviews Dr. Ahmad Duwīdār, Imām of the Manhattan mosque, to discuss the obligations of Muslims living in exile.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
The transcript of an interview conducted by Cornelis Hulsman with Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, in which Mūsá provides a background of his work and publications. Mūsá further describes his own experiences and confrontations with the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 5, 2006
The court session of the lawsuit initiated by Shaykh Yūsuf al-Badrī was postponed until 16 of January, 2007. On the same date, a session will be held to discuss a lawsuit promoting a new Christian denomination.
Date of source: Monday, September 18, 2006
Michael ‘Ādil looks back on the main events of the year for the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
The exact whereabouts of Wafā’ Costantine, the priest’s wife who allegedly converted to Islam one and a half years ago, is still unknown, Fādī Habashī writes.
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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.