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Date of source: Thursday, March 19, 2009
A summary of Prof. Harald Suermann’s lecture on Christian documents from the 7th century that document Muslim-Christian relations in Egypt just following the arrival of Islam in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
This
article analyzes the contradictions in
Yūhannā al-Nīqūsī’s testimony on the seventh
century Islamic conquest.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
The author
discusses Bishop Yūhannā al-
Naqyūsī’s historical account of the seventh century
Arabian conquest of Egypt and refutes the claims
mentioned either by him or the Abyssinian translator about the
brutality of the Arabs when they entered
Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 13, 2006
This article is about an ancient manuscript that
describes
the Islamic conquest of Egypt. The author says that its translation is biased and that the
translator tampered with
the original text.
Date of source: Sunday, August 13, 2006
The author writes about the ongoing Islamization of Egypt. In this article he describes the historical Arabization of Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, March 31, 2006
The author believes that Islam rescued eastern Christianity from being exterminated during the Byzantine period. He then says it is ingratitude of the Egyptian church to begin a policy of Christianizing Muslims.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 27, 2005
A review of a book by author Andreas Baumann, showing that being an advocate of Christian missionary work also can result in a critical self-reflection.
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
When ‘Amr Bin al-‘Āss conquered Egypt, Islam did not only free land and religious consciousness from the Roman Byzantine colonization, but also freed the Egyptian Orthodox churches.
Date of source: Sunday, August 12, 2001
The article gives an overview of the patriotic role Copts played throughout the history of Egypt. It also speaks about Christianity in Egypt and how it stood against atheist movements and laid the foundations of true Christianity for the Christian world.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 13, 2001
The Saint Mark Foundation for Historical Studies published a new edition of Yacoub Nakhla Rofela’s "History of the Coptic Nation." It tells the history of the Copts since Christianity entered Egypt up until modern times.
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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.