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Date of source: Wednesday, April 16, 2003
There is a great respect in Egyptian schoolbooks for Christian religion, although there is only little information on its faith and life. There is excellent information on the early history of the Copts in Egypt, but almost no information about the Christian minority after the conquest of Egypt....
Date of source: Tuesday, June 28, 2005
The book of Yacqoub Nakhla “Tārīkh al-Umma al-Qiptīya” [History of The Coptic Nation] is a Coptic testimony dedicated to those who sold themselves to the Zionists and the Americans, to those who speak about liberating Egypt from Arabism and Islam.
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2004
In Kuwait too, a suspicious magazine called Al-Menbar alleged that Caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab was a homosexual and that Abu Bakr Al-Seddiq was not in the cave with Prophet Muhammad. The magazine went too far as to accuse the companion Khaled Ibn Al-Walid of having committed adultery with the wife...
53. Response to AWR’s questions on Yustina Salih and the second article of the Egyptian Constitution
Date of source: Tuesday, December 20, 2005
The full text of Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyoumī’s response to the 30 questions Drs. Cornelis Hulsman sent him concerning the second article of the Egyptian constitution.
Date of source: Sunday, December 18, 2005
The author discusses the Coptic revolutions against the Muslims in the 8th and 9th centuries.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2005
A large number of continuities can be found in beliefs and traditions in Egypt dating back to Pharaonic times, and to understand Sufism, Jamāl al-Ghitānī argues that one must understand Egypt’s past.
Date of source: Friday, August 27, 2004
The presence of Christian communities in the midst of Islamic society proves that the oppression that Christians faced from era to era at the hands of extremists and bigots was the outcome of local conditions more so than being a consequence of extremist principles [of Islam] or intolerance…”
Date of source: Monday, March 22, 2004
The article consists of two parts, the first part is a response Al-Usbua received from Dr. Gebril concerning what was published last issue under the title “Serious statements by the Ibn Khaldoun Center.” The second part is Al-Usbua’s opinion on the statements of Gebril.
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The Higher Council for Culture organized its first two-day symposium titled “Coptic Monuments of Egypt,” which was attended by many professors and research specialists. Abu Al-Hamad Farghali, a professor at the Faculty of Antiquities at Cairo University, explained that a large number of Coptic...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2004
The article discusses the issue of national unity between Christians and Muslims in Egypt. The author cites the relation of love and intimate friendship between Pope Shenouda and the Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Tantawi. Bibawi tells a story about Amr Bin Al-As who returned the head of the St. Mark...
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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.