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Date of source: 20 Mar 2006
In front of al-Nuzhā district-attorney’s office, Coptic demonstrators demanded the right to punch a Muslim youth who had allegedly assaulted and tried to rape a Christian girl. The young man, who is a student in the faculty of law, ‘Ayn Shams University, claimed that he had not known whether the...
Date of source: 20 Mar 2006
The University of al-Minyā in Upper Egypt is investigating the resignation of Dr. Sālim Ahmad Sallām, the head of the Pediatrics Department at the Faculty of Medicine, in protest against the department’s failure to hire Coptic researcher Mīrā Māhir despite her excellent and diligent work.The reason...
Date of source: 20 Mar 2006
The downtown Cairo district of al-Azbakīya almost turned into another al-Kushh after sectarian tension sparked by the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) and its members conflicting over the post of secretary-general of the party. The post is currently occupied by Khālid Mhanna al-Asyoutī, a...
Date of source: 18 Mar 2006
The grand imām of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī and the Coptic Orthodox patriarch, Pope Sheounda III will open the second meeting of the Islamic-Christian dialogue on March 21. The Middle East Council of Churches and the International Islamic Forum for Dialogue are organizing the dialogue...
Date of source: 19 Mar 2006
Calls for dialogues between religions have emerged recently to avert a possible confrontation between cultures. Such calls have emerged from the Islamic world, including from scholars such the grand imām of the Azhar, and the West called also for dialogue through the Vatican, and some Anglican and...
Date of source: 13 Mar 2006
In the middle of the nineteenth century, around 50% of the schools in Egypt were Coptic schools. All who received their education there witnessed peaceful coexistence and love between Muslim and Christian students.After the July 1952 revolution, all educational standards deteriorated in schools in...
Date of source: 13 Mar 2006
The Muslim Brotherhood has tried to gain back control over Āfāq ‘Arabīya, the newspaper that had previously been suspended. Its journalists staged a sit-in at their syndicate demanding that publication of the paper be resumed, free from the control of the Brotherhood. The authors report that the...
Date of source: 18 Mar 2006 to 24 Mar 2006
The author suggests two ways to reform the press: the first has to do with the government that should speed up the enactment of a law that would abolish the imprisonment of journalists, and the second is related to journalists, who should immediately work on launching an initiative to reform the...
Date of source: 18 Mar 2006 to 24 Mar 2006
Despite the secrecy concerning the final touches to the draft law on rescinding the imprisonment of journalists in publishing-related cases, information has been received by Rose al-Yousuf magazine indicating that the law will be referred to the People’s Assembly in a few days’ time for a final...
Date of source: 18 Mar 2006 to 24 Mar 2006
Kāmil Zuhayrī, a former chairman of the Egyptian Syndicate of Journalists, said that the enactment of a balanced law settling the current controversy about the imprisonment of journalists is the responsibility of not only journalists, but also the government and society, which will both benefit...
Date of source: 18 Mar 2006 to 24 Mar 2006
Veteran journalist Makram Muhammad Ahmad, a former chairman of the Syndicate of Journalists, said that there are only 12-13 countries all over the world that still apply imprisonment penalties against journalists in publishing-related cases, adding that he considers those countries the most...
Date of source: 18 Mar 2006 to 24 Mar 2006
Journalist Salāh ‘Īsa said he had offered a proposal that the council of the Syndicate of Journalists should cede powers concerning the journalistic code of ethics to a committee of veterans, former syndicate chairmen and public figures, allowing them to hammer out a new code that is based on...
Date of source: 18 Mar 2006 to 24 Mar 2006
The Egyptian constitution included amendments in 1980 that rendered the press as a popular authority and enhanced its freedom and independence and considered the Higher Press Council as the constitutional institution working on safeguarding the freedom of the press, wrote ‘Īsām ‘Abd al-‘Azīz.He...
Date of source: 17 Mar 2006
Pope Shenouda, Patriarch of the See of St. Mark has threatened to defrock any monk who remarries divorced Copts without permission from the Clerical Council and without making sure that the second marriage does not contradict Christian doctrine.He said in his weekly sermon at al- ‘Abbāsīya...
Date of source: 19 Mar 2006
Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, has rejected outright a ruling handed down recently by the Administrative Judiciary Court, compelling the Coptic Orthodox Church to allow its congregation divorced by virtue of court rulings to marry for a second time.Replying to a question...
Date of source: 20 Mar 2006
The Coptic Orthodox Church said it had not given any permission to anyone to start an Egyptian film production about the life of Jesus Christ, dismissing all material published in this regard as "untrue" (Rose al-Yousuf, March 21, 2006).Orthodox sources said the Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of...
Date of source: 15 Mar 2006
General Samīr Yousuf, the governor of Aswan, Bishop Hidra, the metropolitan of Aswan, a number of archbishops and priests of the Orthodox Church have received Pope Shenouda III at Aswan airport.First, the pope and his delegation visited the High Dam. Then, in the evening, he performed a night...
Date of source: 19 Mar 2006
In an extensive interview, Rose al-Yousuf examines the life of Archpriest Marqus ‘Azīz whom the newspaper describes as ‘Egypt’s most famous priest.’Father Marqus was born in 1945 and graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture. He participated in the 1973 War and was severely injured, though his life...
Date of source: 19 Mar 2006
In an interview, Fawzīya Samou’il, the widow of Rev. Samou’il Habīb, ex-head of the Evangelical church talks about her late husband. She says he got degrees from many American universities, mentioned that he held a number of important positions, and received many national and international awards....
Date of source: 20 Mar 2006
At the inauguration ceremony of the launch of the new al-Malāk Mīkhā’īl [Archangel Michael] Cathedral, Pope Sheouda III declared that he will accompany Dr. Sayyid Tantāwī, the grand imām of the Azhar to participate in inter-religious dialogue in Moscow this July.The pope has asserted that there is...
Date of source: 15 Mar 2006
[Reviewer: The author has not mentioned the name of this Coptic leader – a likely reference to ‘Adlī Abādīr]The author says that before he counter-argues what an expatriate Coptic pretender of advocacy in the name of Egyptian Christians has been propagating, he finds it proper to point out that...
Date of source: 21 Mar 2006
International interference in the internal matters in Egypt is a highly controversial issue.The author states that the discussion of issues relating to Egypt’s Coptic community in the U.S. Congress, and the committees of the United Nations has confused the cares of the international system with...
Date of source: 24 Mar 2006
Usāma Salāma argues that Copts who live abroad cause Copts who live inside Egypt a lot of damage in their attempt to make the Coptic case an international issue.He states that Copts like ‘Adlī Abādīr and his group think that the Coptic case is a game in which there are only two players, the Copts...
Date of source: 14 Mar 2006
Nabīl Najīb Salāma states that Egypt comes at the forefront of nations that established diplomatic relations with the Vatican, dating back to 1920, when the first apostolic nuncio was appointed to Egypt.President Husnī Mubārak visited the Vatican and met with the late Pope John Paul II four times...
Date of source: 17 Mar 2006
In a step towards moving his center to the U.S., Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, the head of Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, has traveled to America to set up a new branch there, the author says.He thinks that Dr. Ibrāhīm, who holds American citizenship, intends to make the new branch the main...
Date of source: 19 Mar 2006
The Middle East is passing through a very critical period in its history as it faces many challenges which need comprehensive solutions if they are not to become time-bombs threatening the stability of the region.Nabīl ‘Abd al-Malik, president of the Canadian Egyptian Human Rights Organization,...
Date of source: 12 Mar 2006
‘Ādil Jundī is an expatriate Coptic activist who lives in Paris. He deals with the issue of amending the Egyptian constitution, analyzes article no. 2 and demands its abolition.The author begins his argument with an introduction, in which he agrees that the constitution is a registered contract to...
Date of source: 21 Mar 2006
The author says that British writer Carmen Armstrong is one of the Western Christians who has observed objectivity in writing about the Prophet Muhammad. He states that her book Muhammad was one of the best books that has appeared in the West about the prophet of Islam.Published in 1992 in New...
Date of source: 18 Mar 2006 to 24 Mar 2006
A new novel by writer Robert Ferrigno called Prayers for the Assassin imagines a day in the year 2040 when the United States of America turns into the Islamic States of America under the leadership of Usāma Bin Lādin, the chief of the al-Qā‘ida network.Mirvat al-Hatīm, says that the novel, chosen...
Date of source: 21 Mar 2006
After the fall of the Tulunid Dynasty, as named after its founder Ahmad Ibn Tulun, at the hands of the Abbasid commander Muhammad Ibn Sulaymān, Egypt returned under the umbrella of the Abbasid Dynasty in 292 in the Higira calendar [914 AD] and remained so until the rise of the Ikshidid Dynasty in...
Date of source: 21 Mar 2006
Dr. Ahmad Shawqī al-Fanjarī, in his book titled Mafāhīm Khāt’ia Tu’akhir al-Muslimīn [Misconceptions that keep Muslims lagging behind], says that some fatwas are very serious, particularly those that started to emerge since the 1960s from groups like al-Jihād, al-Nājoun Min al-Nār [Those who are...
Date of source: 21 Mar 2006
A new book was recently published by the historic researcher ‘Abd al-‘Aziz Jamāl al-Dīn, entitled “Tārikh Misr min khilāl tārikh al-batarika min al-qarn al-awal al-miladī” [The history of Egypt through the history of the Patriarchs from the first century till the end of the twentieth century]....
Date of source: 26 Mar 2006
Throughout the four years between 1870 and 1874 during which the papal seat of the See of St Mark remained vacant until a new pope was chosen, the role of Coptic laymen in administrating the affairs of the community increasingly gained in importance. These laymen had formed a non-official council...
Date of source: 26 Mar 2006
First, Father Youhannā Nasīf, author of the article, gives the background of the role of the Majlis al-Mīllī, the Coptic Orthodox Denominational Council. He stresses that the main purpose of the council is to represent the common Copts and voice their needs to the Church.Then, in seven points,...
Date of source: 26 Mar 2006
Jamīl Wasfī, author of the article, reiterates Majdī Khalīl’s call for the establishment of a Coptic university.Jamīl goes back to the time of Pope Kyrillos IV and recounts how the Coptic schools, which were first established under him, were one main factors in pushing forward the education system...
Date of source: 28 Mar 2006
The article reports on an unprecedented move made by a number of women affiliated to the Evangelical Church who have submitted a request to the head of the Evangelical Church and Cairo Evangelical Convention to ordain female ministers.A week ago, some members of the Woman’s Union of the Evangelical...
Date of source: 26 Mar 2006
A few days ago, Frances Ricciardone, the American ambassador in Cairo met with Māhir Khilla to discuss the details of Khilla’s visit to US churches, along with some Christian and Muslim figures.Later, Khilla decided to cancel the planned visit to the US, which was to be financed by some extremist...
Date of source: 28 Mar 2006
The article reports on a statement made by ‘Adlī Abādīr which, according to the author, aims at arousing sedition. ‘Adlī Abādīr announced his intention to establish and finance an organization to save Islam from what he called "rotten ideologies adopted by some Muslims."Abādīr’s organization will...
Date of source: 24 Mar 2006
Samih Fāwzī, the author, explains that he is not a member of the National Democratic Party and he has no motive to defend it. He adds that this party has not done much to promote the quality of life of Egyptian society. He believes that the Muslim Brotherhood cannot be an acceptable substitute to...
Date of source: 25 Mar 2006
Observing the intellectual and social changes in Egyptian society, Jād Allāh thinks that there are two new tendencies that are directing Egyptians in opposite directions. The first is the inclination towards religious fanaticism, which the author fears could destroy the unity of the whole society....
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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.