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Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Bishop Ghabriel writes sister Fayza lives "in a secure position and the church is perfectly taking care of her. Her children are enjoying great care and love, on the part of the church. The church is also keen on solving her financial and social problems." And "We want brother Michael Mounier to...
11. The press release of the US Copts Association about two Coptic children is misleading; more news
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2001
We wrote in the RNSAW, week 17, art. 18, that the information in the April 27 press release of the US Copts Association claiming the Egyptian government "moves to abduct two Coptic children from their own mother and hand them to strangers, under the name of Islam!" is misleading. Both the chairman...
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
A Christian mother and Muslim father are battling in a US civil court for custody of their 3 small children. The father has asked the courts to give him sole custody of the children in order to ensure that the children to be "influenced" by Christianity. It does appear that the court will strip the...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2001
Bishop Yo’annes visited Jersey City and asked the people in a general meeting to meet president Mubarak in a nice way when he comes here in the States. Unfortunately, some people became very angry and refused all what the pope secretary was trying to say.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001
Michael Mounier, the president of the US Copts Association sent a letter to the Board Chairman of Al-Gomhuria telling him that what the paper mentioned in its article "They forged the Pope’s signature" was false and baseless. He wrote that Copts abroad do not intervene in the affairs of the church...
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Friday, March 16, 2001
A Coptic Egyptian citizen sent the American President, George Bush, a letter. He asked Bush to make his era one of justice and peace. He wrote that Copts are living in peace in the era of President Mubarak and refused the guardianship of the Congress’ committee of freedoms. He asked Bush to help...
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2001 to Friday, March 16, 2001
A new group, lead by Maurice Sadeq, was formed to defame Egypt. This usually happens whenever President Mubarak is about to visit the United States. The group claimed that Christians are persecuted in Egypt. Almost all Christian societies refused to take part in a meeting the group called for.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001
Copts of the Diaspora, with many human rights activists, are disposed to believe the worst and it is natural that campaigners should take up the story. There is a culture of disingenuousness and misinformation amongst the Copts and this often leads to extremism in every quarter.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2001
The suspicions in Mamdouh Nakhla’s press release amount to a conspiracy theory about the death of a priest without having any supporting evidence. Some American Coptic activists tried to convince the RNSAW not to publish this text in the RNSAW because it harms Nakhla’s credibility. The intensive...
Date of source: Monday, March 5, 2001
AWR editor Cornelis Hulsman asked Michael Meunier to respond to an article in Al-Usbua, February 26. Michael Meunier responded in an e-mail that most claims in the Egyptian media about Copts in the US are made up. He gives several examples. Meunier agreed with placement in RNSAW.
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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.