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Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The author visited the monastery and claims as a result that the story in Al-Nabaa was all fabricated. He spoke to Pachomius Al-Muharraqi who explained monastic life and described the monks’ living quarters. He stated that it was illogical if not impossible for the events reported to have taken...
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001 to Friday, June 29, 2001
The author believes that Egyptians should know about each other’s beliefs and have mutual respect for each other and that freedom of belief is more important than freedom of speech. He believes that there should be a plan to resolve problems rather than the constant fire fighting that occurs now.
Date of source: Thursday, June 21, 2001
The author believes that this crisis was engineered as a way for outside bodies to become involved in Egypt’s internal affairs. He questions the aims behind publishing the article and the timing. He claims it was not an attack on Copts but on the whole of Egypt and national unity.
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2001
Muslims and Christians need to agree and put things in proportion in the case of the expelled monk. The author believes the story was inaccurate and misleading and stresses that the acts of an individual do not convict other Christians, the monastery, or Christianity in general.
Date of source: Friday, June 22, 2001
The author is afraid that by publishing this story and pictures, Al-Nabaa newspaper has proved that journalism in Egypt is not mature yet, which is an invitation to call for more control over the press and freedom of opinion.
Date of source: Saturday, June 23, 2001
The Journalists’ Syndicate executive board decided to expel both Mamdouh Mahran Abdel-Latif, editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa and Akher Khabar, and Hatem Mamdouh Mahran, editor of the same papers. The syndicate’s board had already received complaints about the unprofessional attitude of Al-Nabaa’s...
Date of source: Thursday, June 21, 2001
The Supreme Council for the Press started a lawsuit to ban Al-Nabaa. The council condemned publication of improper photographs and threatening society’s values. Some council members expressed their conviction that freedom of the press must be responsible. Mamdouh Mahran testified that he was the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 20, 2001
In a meeting with Pope Shenouda III, the Journalists Syndicate board expressed its disapproval of what Al-Nabaa and Akher Khabar had published. Pope Shenouda addressed a gathering in the papal cathedral and explained that the Journalists Syndicate board was undertaking all legal measures needed to...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 20, 2001
The State Security Attorney began interrogating Mamdouh Mahran, editor-in-chief of Al-Nabaa, who published pornographic photographs of Adel Sadallah Ghobrial, a former monk. They are also investigating a complaint filed by a lady who was blackmailed by him.
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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.