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Date of source: Monday, September 1, 2003
The author stresses that he does not track the Muslim Brotherhood. On the contrary, he gives the group the widest margin for expressing its opinions in Al-Quds Al-Arabi paper.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
Mr. President; peace be upon you, may God offer you the love and trust of your people. I am a 77-year-old Coptic journalist. I have spent most of my life reading and pursuing actions and events in order to find the right way to lead a prosperous future in a world full of problems and struggles. I...
Date of source: Thursday, November 11, 2004
The conference on minorities’ rights in the Arab countries and the Middle East will be held in Cairo between 12 and 14 May 2005. In fact, I want to make a few comments on its organization as well as on some other points.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Islamic groups believe that religion has a political dimension. That was why they tried to impose their views by any means in order to reach power and apply the Shari’a. The article raises many questions about political Islam and the reasons behind the Islamic groups turning to violence.
Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2001 to Friday, March 2, 2001
The author points out the discrepancy between the principles, the Brotherhood claim to follow and their practices; the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood wrote in his autobiography that they received funds from the foreign manager of the Suez Canal Company. The author believes they would have...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2000
Naguib Mahfouz was dispossessed of a scholarship to France after his graduation because the head of the scholarships department thought that Mahfouz was a Copt. The author believes that this incident is strong evidence of the importance of Copts and the role they played in the modern history of...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2000
What happened lately in Al-Kosheh has shaken the whole Egyptian entity and made everybody worry about the future of Egypt. Very honestly, what happened was the result of the general atmosphere of Egypt lately, which produced a huge amount of violence and hatred.
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2000
It seems that Egypt’s enemies do not want us to enjoy peace. They want to mess around as they like and interfere when they like... We have to call for a national conference in order to be able to face the new plans supported by America and Britain. We should be alert to what is published in the...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 1999
The author briefly outlines the nationalist cooperation and generally peaceful coexistence of Muslims and Christians in Egypt over the last century. Yet in view of certain repeated accusations of Coptic Christians he asks the questions: Is there a deterioration in the principle of citizenship that...
Date of source: Saturday, December 25, 1999
Nobody ever thought that the young man dressed in a suit and tarboush [head cover used widely in Egypt until the 1950’s], sitting in a cafe in [the city of] Ismailia with some of his friends, would be the founder of the biggest violent group in Egypt throughout the twentieth century. That was in...
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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.