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Date of source: Tuesday, January 18, 2005
The crisis of Wafā’ Costantine has opened the door to discuss many issues concerning Copts, their status in society and their relationship with both the state and the Church. The crisis of Costantine has also shed light on the problem of Coptic divorce, which has become chronic for the last thirty...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
The story is about the 15-year old Muslim Yasmīn, in al-Sawām‘a, village who disappeared suddenly on December 30.
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2005
Fahmī Huwaydī addressed a case of sectarian strife [the issue of Wafā’ Costantine] in his article in al-Ahrām. The article is significant because Huwaydī is a prominent political Islamist and al-Ahrām is a widely circulated newspaper. The purpose of this article is not to correct the misinformation...
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
One cannot just disregard the so-called ‘Wafā’ Costantine issue’ as a mere incident. The conversion of Wafā’ from Christianity to Islam was perceived as a desertion from the Coptic group and institution. It triggered a collective Coptic reaction expressive of feelings of total rejection.
Date of source: Saturday, January 8, 2005
“I believe the first problem is the construction of churches. What I am saying is that there must be a unified law in which the mosque and the church are equal…We are focusing on this issue and the constitution guarantees the freedom of worship. If we really want to observe and respect the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2005
His Holiness Pope Shenouda III is an extremely wise and intellectual man, a unique person who knows and understands a lot. He has a long living memory that goes back in history.
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2005
In a message to Pope Shenouda, Jamāl Ascad highlights the mistakes of the Orthodox Church in handling the recent sectarian incidents.
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2005
Sawt al-Umma publishes the full text of an email sent to the editor commenting on Muhammad al-Bāz’s article last week on Pope Shenouda’s handling of the most recent incidents of sectarian violence.
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
I am no jurisprudent and never wished to be for I know it is enough to have faith that God is above and fellow brothers are on earth, which are all associated by a unity that is free from race, color or religion. I feel sorry for those who try to make religion a point of dispute and debate, and ask...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2005
We [Egyptians] have faced Islamic extremism for many years. People attempting to face Islamic extremism, were accused of takfīr [unbelief] by a myriad of lawyers who
were filing lawsuits before different courts against any opinion, headline or personality they may not like.
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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.