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Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
The writer examines the different challenges in electing a successor for Pope Shenouda III of Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, November 4, 2001
The author comments on Youssef
Sidhom’s editorial in "Watani" titled "Why did Egyptian Students demonstrate?" He believes that the ideas Sidhom
expressed are strange ideas outside the bounds of the Egyptian Orthodox-church, as they do not support the
Palestinian struggle against Israel. He also...
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2003
In a lecture he gave in the Library of Alexandria, Pope Shenouda III commented on many issues: The fact that the US and Israel are thought of as representatives of Christianity and Judaism, the Palestinian and Iraqi issues, Zionist Christianity and Coptic history.
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2003
Pope Shenouda participated in one of the symposiums of the Cairo International Book Fair. He commented on the expected war against Iraq, President Mubarak´s decision regarding January 7, Christians in the media, the relation between the American Christian right wing and Zionism, whether the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 19, 2002
Pope Shenouda spoke about the importance of accepting the other. He said that Zionist Christianity was confined to some Protestant denominations. He criticized the idea of God’s chosen people and said that the activities of emigrant Copts were reactions to and not actions against what happens in...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Pope Shenouda assured that the Egyptian Church rejects any aggression over religious sites whether they are Islamic or Christian. He added that the international community had been negligent towards the besieging of the Church of the Nativity because it dealt with it as a political and not a...
Date of source: Sunday, April 14, 2002
The author criticizes the attitude of emigrant Copts towards what is happening in Palestine. He expressed the opinion that whenever there is something related to Copts in Egypt, they ask for the intervention of the USA. However, they did nothing when Israel killed their fellow Christians in...
Date of source: Sunday, March 31, 2002
Pope Shenouda said that the claims of Israel to possess the land of Palestine upon the promise of God to them in the Torah have no true bases. Israel was not established by the promise of God but by the British Balfour Promise. He added that no one in the Islamic world accepts Israel´s...
Date of source: Sunday, March 10, 2002
Pope Shenouda expressed his hope that the Arabic Summit, due to be held in Beirut, may bring about positive results that can serve the Arabic issues and help the Palestinians in their battle against Israel. He described the Palestinian martyrdom operations as a legal right.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 6, 2002
The article cites parts of Pope Shenouda´s book “Christianity, Israel and the Issue of Jerusalem.” In this book, the pope refutes the fact that the Jews are God´s chosen people. He wrote that according to Christianity, God´s chosen people are all the people who truly believe in God
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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.