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Date of source: Sunday, April 23, 2006
After the attacks on the churches in Alexandria, during which one Christian was killed, Youssuf Sidhom applauds the extensive Muslim condemnation of the attacks and the willingness of Egyptian members of parliament to protest against violations of Copts’ lives, security and places of worship, but...
Date of source: Monday, March 27, 2006
Sawt al-Umma reports that the Shaykh of the Azhar has accepted an invitation to attend the Hanukah celebration in Egypt, while on the same day, Rose al-Yousuf publishes the Azhar’s denial of the news.
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005
Since Egyptian society is formed by both Muslims and Christians, the customs and traditions of the two communities have intermixed. Some Muslims celebrate Coptic occasions and some Copts fast Ramadān.
Date of source: Saturday, April 12, 2003
Report on the place of religion in Egyptian text books for primary and secondary schools.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 6, 2004
Sham En-Nessim is one of the few festivities that all Egyptians celebrate. The feast is targeted by Muslims as well as Christian fundamentalists who claim that the celebration is merely a made-up festivity, a bed’a [unorthodox teaching] that is hated.
The symbols of the celebration include water,...
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 2004
Sham en-Nesim is the day on which Copts go out to the gardens and eat their favorite food of eggs, onions and salted fish. They carry flowers in their hands. They believe until now that whoever sleeps past sunrise on that day will be lazy all year long. On Sham en-Nesim day, Egyptians usually...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 6, 1998
A preacher forbids the celebration of Egypt’s most popular feast.
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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.