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Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2004
This report explains the escalations following the alleged conversion of a priest’s wife to Islam. Much background is given to the cultural context that explain why such an issue is so sensitive in Egypt. The report also shows that several of the organizers of the demonstration in Cairo have done...
Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2000
Akhmim summary court decided to release three of the accused in the incidents of looting, theft and burning in Dar Al-Salaam on a 200 EgP bail for each.
Date of source: Saturday, February 26, 2000 to Friday, March 3, 2000
The Monuments and Tourism prosecution service were able to apprehend an antique copy of the Old Testament inside a private car with four suspects (a driver, jeweler, accountant and a merchant) in Shoubra Al-Kheima. The book is an antique and handwritten dating back to the 17th century.
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 1999
Bebawi writes he was not at all surprised with the decision to bar the holding of a funeral for father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed but he was surprised to see the publication of an interview with Bishop Bishoy who, according to Bebawi, makes fatal mistakes in presenting church history.
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
Bishop Bishoi is the head of the church court and he is the secretary of the Holy Synod. He answered all questions which have been raised because of the story of the body of father Abdel Sayed and why it was forbidden to pray over the body of father Abdel Sayed.
Date of source: Thursday, June 10, 1999 to Wednesday, June 16, 1999
The author describes a visit to pharaonic, Christian and Islamic sites in the governorates of Assiut and Sohag.
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 1999
The History and Antiques Committee of the Supreme Council for Culture organizes on April 19 a seminar with the theme "The National Role of the Egyptian Coptic Church throughout the Ages." Artist Farouq Hosni (Minister of Culture), Dr. Gaber ’Asfour (Secretary-General of the Supreme Council for...
Date of source: Thursday, April 8, 1999 to Wednesday, April 14, 1999
Copts prepare to celebrate Easter next Sunday [11 April 1999], and Egypt’s monasteries are making ready. It is the desert fathers who caused the monastic movement to bloom worldwide, and it is their spiritual heirs who continue to take the vows today.."
Date of source: Monday, November 9, 1998
Bishop Bakhoum of Sohag, Maragha and Al-Munsha’a said that the statement of Pope Shenouda III confirmed that what happened in the Al-Koshh events was an ordinary incident, and it has nothing to do with Egypt’s national unity. What foreign papers published were exaggerations that defame Egypt, and...
Date of source: Monday, November 2, 1998
Egypt and Hosni Mubarak are the targets. Leave all these weak details, these highly elegant words and the human rights pretensions. It is just a game that those conspirators played against Egypt. What is this persecution that they are taking about? We smell the odor of the dollars that are paying...
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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.