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Date of source: Friday, July 6, 2001
Pope Shenouda described the way President Mubarak handled the crisis as very wise and described the reaction of the Journalists’ Syndicate as brave and strict. He thanked the Muslims of Egypt who supported the Copts during their crisis, the Grand Sheikh of the Azhar and the Mufti.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2001
Pope Shenouda’s secretary denied news about the pope suffering from a blood clot in his foot and this being the reason for his absence from the Wednesday lecture for two weeks. He justified his absence by saying it was to calm the youths’ spirits after the events caused by Al-Nabaa.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2001
The author expressed the opinion that the cancellation of the pope’s weekly meeting was accompanied by fear of a return to the denominational atmosphere of the September 1981 events. The fact that the Coptic youth didn’t protest about Al-Nabaa to the People’s Assembly or the Supreme Press Council...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2001
Coptic wrath was very strongly justified and should never be underestimated or discounted. The security forces were disciplined and patient in their treatment of the crisis, despite a few transgressions. Coptic activism abroad stems primarily from a genuine patriotic fervor, which is absolutely...
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2001 to Friday, July 13, 2001
The author expressed his surprise at the fact that when Copts felt insulted because of what Al-Nabaa published, they went to the Cathedral and not to the People’s Assembly or the Supreme Press Council. He believes that neither the Cathedral nor the Azhar are places where Egyptians should go to...
Date of source: Monday, July 2, 2001
The Egyptian weekly Rose el-Youssef published on July 24, 2000, a very negative story about Sudanese refugees in Egypt after Sudanese refugees and Egyptians had clashed in front of the Sacred Hart Church in ‘Abāsīyyah Cairo, where Comboni fathers are making a great effort to help these refugees....
Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2001
The Egyptian press coverage of Al-Nabaa covers areas such as the public’s opinion of the paper, the Virgin Mary mulid [pilgrimage festival] at Al-Muharraq monastery, plus interviews with the Coptic youth who demonstrated in front of the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo and the lawyer for the lady who was...
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2001
Egyptians exercise extreme patience when their rights are usurped or when they fall under oppression. However, if matters are related to their faith, they will fiercely protect their resort of last refuge. That was why the fury of the young Coptic men and women who gathered was so fierce. They did...
Date of source: Sunday, June 24, 2001
Thousands of outraged Copts converged on St Mark’s Cathedral to express their anger to Pope Shenouda and ask for decisive measures against the newspaper. Watani talked to the Pope and Church leaders; and conveyed readers’ questions about the truth of the story. The shocked public demanded that the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 21, 2001
The author believes that this crisis was engineered as a way for outside bodies to become involved in Egypt’s internal affairs. He questions the aims behind publishing the article and the timing. He claims it was not an attack on Copts but on the whole of Egypt and national unity.
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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.