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Date of source: Sunday, December 3, 2006
Watani publishes a
monthly series depicting the true history of Egypt. The influence of the Romans, Greeks and Persians is explored,
combined with the impact that religion had on Egyptian society.
Date of source: Saturday, November 25, 2006
A new book about Egyptian
Coptic art and icons published in Paris by
Mahmūd Zibāwī.
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
History has witnessed Western persecution against Eastern Christians. This review highlights
some
historical incidents that demonstrate this fact and asserts that the unity of Christians and Muslims in
the East is
facing foreign danger.
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
This article continues the series by Watani International, tracing the history of how modern-day Egyptians came to be what they are today and marking their origins and the origin of their traditions.
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2005
In Egypt, as in the rest of the Roman Empire, Christians were persecuted during the first three centuries following the inception of Christianity.
The Egyptians or Copts as they later came to be known, accepted Christianity so very rabidly that it is no wonder the Romans were compelled to crack...
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2000
In the sixth year of the Hijra, the Prophet Mohammed sent messages to neighboring kings and princes inviting them to join Islam. One of those kings was Al-Moqawqas, the head of the Copts in Egypt. Al-Moqawqas’ reply to Mohammed was sending him two slave women of great position among Copts and...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2000
The author explained that the meaning of the word Copt means Egyptian and not Christian. That is only an invention of Christians which was accepted by some Muslim Egyptian intellectuals. He conclude his article by asking the Ministers of Education and Higher Education to review the place of Coptic...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
Once again, we walk on the path of the Holy Family in order to know more details about the places, which the Holy Family visited in Egypt and what the passing of time has done to these places... Today, we join another series on the monasteries of Wadi Al-Natrun that were established long time ago...
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2000
Dr. Mohammed Emara, the Islamic thinker, explained that the Islamic opening of Egypt gave its people life and saved them from the Byzantine despotism and persecution, and gave back the Copts their freedom and church, after they had been hunted fugitives. He stressed that without Islam there would...
26. The difference concerning the nature of Jesus Christ between the Churches of Rome and Alexandria
Date of source: Friday, February 18, 2000
This article gives some of the historical background to the disagreement between the churches covering the Council of Chalcedon, and then the Council of Ephesus in 428 AD when the Patriarch of Constantinople stated that Mary was not holy and that she was only the mother of Jesus, not more...
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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.