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Date of source: Monday, March 6, 2006
A lawyer, famous for helping Copts convert to Islam, calls for giving more freedom to any one who wants to convert to Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, August 9, 2003
Dr. Selim Naguib and Pastor McNeely have been writing inflammatory letters falsely claiming that Muslims do kidnap Christian girls in Egypt. There is no reason to doubt their sincerity but they have followed their sentiments without checking facts. The consequences of such false claims are severe...
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 2003
The article of Abdallah Kamal in Rose el-Youssef denying that Christian girls in Egypt are kidnapped made a family in Alexandria contact Dr. Selim Naguib with yet another story. It is very likely that the use of the word ‘kidnap´ was also in this case not justified but the call for protection...
Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2003
Open letter to US President George W. Bush claiming Christian girls in Egypt are kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. The president is asked to interfere and if he does not, his “Christian posturing is nothing more than "showboating" for the next election.” This was the text Abdallah Kamal of...
Date of source: Monday, August 29, 2005
Hanān Ibrāhīm, mother of 15-year-old Nancy ‘Ādil Zidān, says the saga began several months ago. Karīm ‘Abd al-Wahhāb, the defendant, used to tease the girls at the Port Said Language School. When the mother discovered that the boy liked her daughter, she tried to keep them apart.
Date of source: Saturday, August 13, 2005
Han ān Ibr āh īm, mother of 15 year-old Nancy, reported the disappearance of her underage daughter, claiming that a lady called Nill ī, with the help of her son, Kar īm, kidnapped Nancy, with the aim of marrying her to Kar īm.
Date of source: Sunday, July 24, 2005
Pope Shenouda has been requested to intervene in the affair concerning the lies published by the journal al-Mahabba, which is under the supervision of Father Mitiās Nasr Manqarius. It is feared that the lies published by the journal and the non-substantiated accusations against Muslims and Islam...
Date of source: Thursday, July 14, 2005
The Pope arrived an hour late at his weekly Wednesday Meeting. This triggered speculations about his deteriorating health. “I am ready to die to get an apostate back to his religion and whoever thinks otherwise is not a Christian,” the Pope said.
Date of source: Saturday, June 18, 2005
The author argues that the government wanted to close the matter of the conversion of Wafā’ Qustantīn, a Coptic Orthodox priest’s wife, to Islam as quickly as possible without considering the possible repercussions which could breach citizens’ right to choose their religious belief according to...
Date of source: Monday, December 13, 2004
Amidst a religious crisis that is still taking its toll on the country due to the announced conversion of a Coptic priest’s wife, a member of Parliament said the Egyptian parliament is to debate the reported sectarian incidents in the governorates of Al-Beheira and Assiut.
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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.