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Date of source: Monday, August 9, 2004
The Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomeus I residing in Istanbul, stated that there is not enough religious freedom in Turkey, stressing that the church is facing a lot of legal obstacles. The Patriarch also stated that Turkey is incapable of protecting its religious minorities, which, in turn...
Date of source: Thursday, January 8, 2004
Egyptian media and political leaders paying attention to Coptic Christmas.
Watani’s Editor-in-chief Yusuf Sidhom’s discusses the term ’ persecution’ in describing the position of Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2004
The article discusses the issue of national unity between Christians and Muslims in Egypt. The author cites the relation of love and intimate friendship between Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Tantawi. Bibawi tells a story about Amr Bin Al-As who returned the head of the St. Mark...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2005
Today Turkey is attempting to join the European Union and become the link between the Christian West and the Muslim East, but without wars or armies this time. Will the Europeans give a chance for the two cultures to be joined?
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
News often gets reported without checking the facts. This is what WorldNetDaily.com did when it reported about the press release of the US Copts Association. Press releases such as this one create confusion and make Copts in the US grow apart from Copts in Egypt. Some activists in the US believe...
Date of source: Thursday, December 20, 2001
The press release of the US Copts Association gives a distorted picture of the events around the church in al-Ubur City. The RNSAW asked Coptic Orthodox Bishop Marcos of Shubra Al-Kheima, to whose diocese Medinet Al-Ubur or Al-Ubur City belongs, for information about the events.
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2001
Dr. Christiaan van Nispen s.j., professor in Islam and philosophy at the Catholic seminary in Maadi, Cairo, and a member of the Editorial Board of the RNSAW, concludes with the impression that the US Copts Association practice exactly what they accuse those Muslim intellectuals to do, that is to...
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2001
Prof. Dr. Tareq Mitri, Coordinator Interreligious Relations and Dialogue of the World Council of Churches and member of the Board of Advisors of the RNSAW, calls for caution against political misuse of a theological discussion.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The German Pontifical Mission Aid Society Missio organized a two-day conference with the title "Persecuted Christians? Analysis from Asia and Africa." Missio invited representatives from Nigeria, Pakistan, Syria, the Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt to their conference who asked for care in using the word ’...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The Anglican General Synod of Australia accepted a resolution speaking about persecution of Christians in Egypt. The resolution was accepted without consulting the Anglican bishop in Cairo or Anglican experts in England who are well acquainted with the church in Egypt.
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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.