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6. Preparations for giving a celebration after the sentences in the case of Al-Kosheh are pronounced
Date of source: 7 Jan 2001
Yesterday, under the supervision of counselor Mahmoud Afifi, the members, counselors Adel Abu Al-Mal and Ahmed Abdel Aal, the Criminal Court of Sohag held a deliberation session at which it confirmed the verdicts in the second case of Al-Kosheh. Fifty-seven Muslims and thirty-nine Christians are...
Date of source: 4 Jan 2001
The media in general and journalism in particular, have a certain role to play in promoting national unity, which I like to call friendly unity, among Egyptians. I would like to show a glimpse of our national journalism in the past, during the revolution of 1919.
British newspapers, like the Times...
Date of source: 7 Jan 2001
Muslims and Christians in Egypt are coincidentally celebrating the end of Ramadan, Bairam, and Christmas in the same week. They are exchanging greetings not as two elements composing a nation, but as the one and only element, Egyptians. Egypt’s people belonged to Egypt, even, before the beginning...
Date of source: 2 Jan 2001
The book "The History of Copts in Egypt," which was written by Yacob Nakhla Roufeela, in 1898, has been republished by the Mar Marcos Institute for Coptic History Studies. The book is considered one of the most important references for those who work in the field of Coptic history. It shows the...
Date of source: 3 Jan 2001
Following the end of ideologies and the collapse of Communism, the world now lives in a religious renaissance. Will the beginning of a new millennium be the beginning of a new Dark Age? And is today the era of spirituality, or of backwardness?
Today, different religions are entering political...
Date of source: 6 Jan 2001 to 12 Jan 2001
Subtitle:
*Donation or request to restore possessions:
" Donate all the Jewish readers’ possessions in Egypt, to escape disputes" the head of the Jewish community said. "I have no idea about this demand, the Ministry of Endowments has nothing to do with the Jewish community’s possessions" said the...
Date of source: 5 Jan 2001
How can we debate with the Jews in the light of their greed? Can negotiations and debate achieve a positive result with them? And when? What is the way to make religions co-exist? Is Christianity really close to Judaism, because they both believe in the Old Testament? Or are there differences...
Date of source: 8 Jan 2001
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated Christmas on January 7. The mass on Saturday evening was, 2,5 hours long, broadcasted live on Egyptian TV. Many prominent Egyptians were present including Dr. Usama el-Baz (political advisor of President Mubarak), Dr. Boutros Ghali (Minister of economy), Dr....
Date of source: 3 Jan 2001
[Translator’s note: A similar interview with Prof. Sedqi was published in Al-Ahram newspaper of January 8, 2001. The story was covered by Wagih Al-Saqqar]
Similarities between Muslims and Christians are many. Muslims do not agree on the first day of Ramadan, or on the dates of their two feasts....
Date of source: 3 Jan 2001
This unique religious, historical and political site is located inside the Muqattam cliff over looking Cairo. It began ten centuries ago as the church of Saint Samaan [Simon], and developed into a monastery and eight churches. Stories told describe the appearance of the Virgin Mary, and how the...
Date of source: 6 Jan 2001 to 12 Jan 2001
Subtitles:
*The pope having dead fish with the monks.
*The Marriage season always starts just after fasting.
Though Christians are not religiously obliged to visit monasteries, they often do. They are usually offered food there, it could be a good chance for young people meet and get to know...
Date of source: 6 Dec 2000
Subtitles:
*Find a solution and do not spoil the joy of the Christmas
*Exchanged accusations concerning financial matters and lawsuits before the courts
Objections to a document whose contents carry ill-willed thoughts.
For the first time conflicts have taken place, we hope that they won’t spoil...
Date of source: 3 Jan 2001
The Russian Orthodox Church is now subjected to a smear campaign by the Western media, because of its attitude in opposing the missionaries, being sent there by the American Evangelical churches.
After, nearly, a decade since the fall of communism and after the Orthodox Church regained its...
Date of source: 10 Jan 2001
For the first time in history, internal struggles within the Brotherhood are more violent than their conflicts with their opponents.
The conflict within the Brotherhood erupted because of the imminent Bar Syndicate elections. To attract attention, the Brotherhood wings are using the same slogans...
Date of source: 10 Jan 2001
A philosopher once asked his friend not to look at the sun so that its brightness would not blind him. The friend’s response was to explain how beneficial the sun is to man, and accused the philosopher of forgetting that. That is how a number of people see and react to the disagreement I have with...
Date of source: 21 Jan 2001
Akram Awan, head of the Pakistani Brotherhood, has warned General Pervez Musharaf, the military ruler of Pakistan, that the Brotherhood will declare its own Islamic government if he does not enforce Islamic Shari’a [law] by March 7. "The government has been cooperating with the Brotherhood since we...
Date of source: 14 Jan 2001
Under the title of "This is how the Gama’at Al-Islamiya was founded," Dr. Mahmoud Gam’a commented, in October [magazine] of December 31, 2000, on the article of journalist Atef Abdel Ghani, which was published in October, December 17, 2000. In his article, Abdel Ghani recounted the story of the...
Date of source: 10 Jan 2001
The leaders of the Jihad, the terrorist group, have announced that they will resume their armed activity against the government system in Egypt. They will continue until they manage to overthrow it. The announcement came in the editorial of the first edition of "Al-Mujahidun," their new magazine,...
Date of source: 10 Jan 2001
The "human bomb" Ahmed Bilal, a British student from Birmingham, died in front of Indian barracks in Kashmir, taking with him many Indian soldiers, on the first day of the Christmas holiday. This event coincided with the countdown towards a new law, to combat terrorism, which is due to be enforced...
Date of source: 15 Jan 2001
[Editor: the names were written in Arabic. The spelling in this transliteration may thus not be correct]
Ben Laden nominates the Egyptian Abu Hafs as his successor in case of death or arrest.
Usama Ben Laden formed his own perspective in 1987, after a number of years training Arab volunteers...
Date of source: 12 Jan 2001
Despite its failed attempts to return to action, the Egyptian Labor party is still trying to come back from its obligatory retirement last May. An event which prevented it from competing in the last parliamentary elections.
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat learned that a number of the party’s leaders are...
Date of source: 12 Jan 2001
Unlike Jihad [Literally means struggle. In some cases it can mean military struggle, but in general it means struggle against anything that is seen as opposed to the Muslim faith. This can include the struggle against behavior and motives which violate Islam in one’s self as well as behavior and...
Date of source: 6 Dec 2000
The mixed marriage between Muslims and Christians in Egypt is one of the ways in which the Coptic minority is being exhausted and also a way of violating religious and political freedom. While customs, culture and the media, with all of the means available to it, promote marriage between Christian...
Date of source: 10 Jan 2001
For the second time sentencing in the second Al-Kosheh case was postponed. Yesterday, the accused went to the Criminal Court of Sohag for the session at which verdicts were to be announced. However, they were surprised to find the court closed. They were told that one of the judges was ill so the...
Date of source: 14 Jan 2001
On December 23 Al-Ahram mentioned that one of the most prominent security incidents in the year 2000, which preoccupied people’s minds, as the events were unusual, was that of Al-Kosheh. It started with just an everyday fight in the Port Said Street on December 13, 2000 [editor: this is a mistake...
Date of source: 10 Jan 2001
Here is a special case of a monk, different from any other Christian clergyman in the world. He memorizes the Qur’an and thinks of it as a spiritual and linguistic resource. He also fasts during Ramadan like Muslims do. And because he is open to all the cultures of the world and speaks three...
Date of source: 12 Jan 2001
Egypt was a colony of the Byzantine empire. Indeed it was its most precious colony, because of its agricultural products that granted its rulers food-security. Therefore, the rulers of this major state had to have wise policies in Egypt, to treat its kind and religious people well, especially as...
Date of source: 12 Jan 2001
Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi, the Grand Sheikh of the Azhar, received Thomas Far, the American under-secretary of state, and head of the International Office of Religious Freedom in the United States.
The Grand Sheikh welcomed the guest and explained that the thousand-year-old Azhar is based on...
19. Parliamentary objections to the government’s banning and then permitting the Mulid of Abu Hasera
Date of source: 14 Jan 2001
A few hours after the commencement of the Jewish mulid of Abu Hasera in the village of Demawa, in the northern Egyptian governorate of Baheira, a new crisis is about to overshadow the relationship between the government and the members of parliament.
Parliamentary members representing the Baheira...
Date of source: 13 Jan 2001 to 19 Jan 2001
Subtitles:
*The reconciliation attempts proved to be a failure.
*An eyewitness from Minya tried to interfere to defuse tension, but the disputing parties refused
Many reconciliation attempts are being made by many parties to try and contain the crisis that has broken out among the pastors of the...
Date of source: 14 Jan 2001
[All Biblical verses are taken from the New International Version Bible translation]
One of the lessons that we can learn from the birth of Christ is not to care about appearances. Jesus Christ was born in a small village, that is Bethlehem. He was born in a mean place, that is a manger. He was...
Date of source: 10 Jan 2001
[All Biblical verses are taken from the New International Version Bible translation]
They are the secrets that cannot be changed or modified. They are the secrets of the church, which the forefathers kept for hundreds of years and which are still applied to the letter. They are the secrets that...
Date of source: 9 Jan 2001
The Egyptian Coptic monuments are characterized by a special lure that attracts tourists to visit them. Both Muslims and Christians are keen on visiting Coptic monasteries.
One of the most famous places, which thousands of Muslims and Christians visit, is Al-Rukham city [the city of marble] which...
Date of source: 11 Jan 2001
Despite the fact that the Bible is the religious constitution of all Christians all over the world, Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7, while Catholic and Protestant Christians celebrate it on December 25 [The article says 26].
An innocent question crossed my mind, Why do the...
Date of source: 17 Jan 2001
Gihan Al-Halafawy, the candidate for the Muslim Brotherhood in Al-Raml, Alexandria, is no different from the Brotherhood’s leaders. They speak about the plans and programs put forward by the Brotherhood without showing any of these programs in reality.
What is new is that since Gihan was nominated...
Date of source: 17 Jan 2001
In spite of the Brotherhood’s request for information, which caused the fuss about the confiscated novels by Farouq Hosni, the members of the People’s assembly belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood can be seen to be avoiding direct clashes with the government over public issues. This is quite clear...
Date of source: 18 Jan 2001
Subtitles:
*I wonder about the reason for the call to visit Jerusalem.
*I support the minister of Culture and thank him for his attitude concerning the three novels.
*Nothing new concerning the Brotherhood’s political party, we are seeking legal admission.
*Our attitude concerning the election of...
Date of source: 18 Jan 2001
Subtitles:
*Al-Zayyat: political seizure of violence is more successful than security treatment. Rifai is not hardheaded.
*Destroying the Muslim Brotherhood and distorting their image does not benefit anyone.
*Disputes among the leaders of the Gama’a Al-Islamiya are a healthy thing.
The lawyer...
Date of source: 17 Jan 2001
Intelligence bodies rarely reveal their expectations and visions of any incident. A report prepared by the CIA. concerning the future of the world up to 2015 raised many questions about the aim of the report, the expectations mentioned in it and the messages it was seeking to convey.
The report...
Date of source: 21 Jan 2001
Yesterday the supreme administrative court supported the governor of Cairo’s ruling ordering the disbanding of the Azhar Scientists’ Front and formation of a temporary administrative council. The court stated that the temporary council had made a request to elect a new administrative council and...
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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.