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Date of source: Sunday, August 4, 2002
Islamic thinker Muhammad Emara praised the national stance of the Coptic minority in Egypt, and their wise behavior against imperialistic attempts to use minorities to fracture societies. He explains the difference between the usage of the word “minorities” in the West and in Islamic societies. He...
Date of source: Sunday, February 10, 2002
Muhammad Abdel-Qodos is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. He had once interviewed the author for the weekly Afaq Arabiya (Arab Horizons) on Watani, its mission, focus, and stance regarding national issues. The aim of the interview is to confirm the unity between all Egyptians
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2002
In the article, Bishop Dr. Yohanna Qulta talks about the birth of Christ describing it as a beam of God´s light. He also speaks about national unity in Egypt stressing that being believers of different religions has never been a barrier before the coherence of Muslims and Copts. He believes that...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
The author of this article, Hānī Labīb, is refuting an article in Rose al-Yousuf dated February 2, 2006, in which Muhammad Habīb, the deputy murshid of the Muslim Brotherhood, refused to allow a Copt to rule Muslims in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, January 12, 2006
The Cairo-based al-Kalima Center for Human Rights has issued its annual report on the political events of 2005, including syndicate, presidential and parliamentary elections. The report calls for respecting the rights of religious minorities in Egypt, including Shiites, Bahā’īs and Qur’ānīs.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
In an interview with al-Dustour, Nubian writer Hajjāj Adoul discusses Nubian and Coptic issues in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 4, 2006
The author discusses the historical debates on the proportional representation of Copts and states that the idea was originally refused because Muslims and Copts felt that it was in Egypt’s best interests to put national identity above religious identity.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
A critique of the controversial work of researcher Yustina Saleh on the 2nd article of the Egyptian constitution, which states that sharī‘a is the main source of law.
Date of source: Sunday, December 18, 2005
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Quddous interviews Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm over the U.S. Copts’ conference recently held in Washington.
Date of source: Thursday, December 15, 2005
Dr. Ahmad Sukarno ‘Abd al-Hāfiz comments on recent rumors that Copts and Nubians are planning to separate themselves from Egypt and to establish their own states.
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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.