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Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2001
Both the governor of Qalyubiya and the bishop of Shubra el-Kheima provided us with documents to support their arguments. We have translated the 11 documents, and placed them in chronological order. In this order it is important to distinguish between the period before March 1 (the oral permit of...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2001
Counselor Naguib Gabriel Michael said that he started a lawsuit against Pope Shenouda and the Minister of Interior for manipulating the Milli Council elections. Archpriest Salib Matta Saweris, whom he accused of using his spiritual position to influence the voters will, asked why he did not object...
Date of source: Saturday, May 12, 2001 to Friday, May 18, 2001
Five people from the Adventist denomination were seized for distributing religious pamphlets in poor neighborhoods. The pamphlets were issued by the newly established "Preservers of the commandments of God and faith of Jesus Christ Society." They contained ideas about the Adventists being the only...
Date of source: Sunday, May 13, 2001
The article listed the ten conditions prerequisite to obtaining a building permit for a church and commented on them. Enlightened Egyptians have repeatedly criticized the ten conditions and called for their abolition.
Date of source: Monday, May 7, 2001
The Egyptian Administrative Judgment Court will look into a lawsuit raised against the Minister of Interior and the Coptic Council of Churches accusing them of dishonesty in the last Maglis El-Milli elections.
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2001
The Maglis El-Milli asked six of its members to conduct a study on sectarian strife incidents and report back to the political establishment. The study was titled "The Coptic issue in Egypt." It reported about the Hamayouni Edict, the Coptic presence in representational councils and assignment to...
Date of source: Monday, April 30, 2001
Azhar scholars were asked about the role of debating religion in the peace process and how it could serve to stop blood shed in Jerusalem. Dr. Abdel- Mo’ti Bayoumi said that religious debate is still trying to establish itself and that religions should debate among themselves to stop this assault...
Date of source: Friday, April 20, 2001
Two challenges were filed against the Minister of Interior and against Pope Shenouda in his capacity as the Head of the Maglis El-Milli. The two challenges regarded the elections of the Maglis El-Milli having serious legal contraventions that would lead to the invalidity of the election results.
Date of source: Sunday, April 22, 2001
The Egyptian TV showed a program entitled "The third opinion." The participants debated the status of Copts in Egypt and the repercussions of the U.S. committee’s visit, as well as the matter of foreign intervention in Egypt’s domestic affairs. They also looked at the stance of expatriate Egyptians...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2001
The Orthodox Coptic patriarchy is interrogating archpriest Marcos Aziz of the Hanging Church for opposing the pope’s candidate list in the last Maglis el-Milli elections.
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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.