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Date of source: Friday, June 27, 2003
The US Copts Association issued a press release on April 3 stating that its president Michael Meunier “will be addressing the U.N.” on the status of the Copts during the 59th session of the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. The formulation “addressing the UN,” sounded very big. Was...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 18, 2003
Michael Meunier, chairman of the US Copts Association, wants to see Copts in Egypt described as a minority. Many Egyptian intellectuals give a different definition of this concept and reject this.
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2003
Michael Meunier and Sabri F. Gohara of the US Copts Association attack Father Marcos who had asked the Egyptian public to understand their position. Meunier’s attack aims at destroying Father Marcos’ credibility through presenting his character in the most negative way possible instead of focusing...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Human rights activist Rā’id al-Sharqāwī disputes claims of the US Copts Association that a priest from al-Zaqāzīq was murdered through a car accident.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 14, 2004
A report following discussions with young Copts in Germany claiming they had been discriminated and persecuted in Egypt.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 23, 2004
The purpose of this article is to show Western readers to be careful with Christian persecution stories from Egypt, they may be true but also may not be true. The great difficulty is that there are many rumors flying around that are mostly not investigated. Most examples of rumors for this article...
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2002
Coptic organizations in the USA thanks President Mubarak for his decision establishing January 7, Coptic Christmas, as a national holiday for Christians and Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, December 7, 2002
Press release of the US Copts Association about the decision of the governor of Assiut instructing to remove an illegally built section of the church which the association does not mention and thereby providing only part of the information (see art. 13 and 14) needed to form an accurate picture of...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 11, 2002
Al-Midan was the only Egyptian publication giving attention to the petition of the US Copts Association about al-Kosheh. It is customary for the US Copts Association to prepare petitions, demonstrations or other activities prior to a visit of president Mubarak to the US.Muslim-Christian-Jewish...
Date of source: Sunday, May 12, 2002
Michael Meunier defends emigrant Copts against the claims raised about them in the Egyptian press. He explained how they support the Palestinian issue and tried to defend Muslims after the 11 September attacks. He stressed that they have never asked the American administration to stop its aid to...
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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.