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Date of source: Thursday, June 1, 2006
The author argues that some demands of expatriate Copts are contradictory.
While they call for the establishment of a secular state, they call for a percentage quota for Copts in the
different institutions of the state, which the author sees as a sectarian approach.
Date of source: Monday, June 5, 2006
Fādī
Habashī interviews Bishop Mousā, the bishop of youth, and discusses
with him the current problems
Copts are facing.
Date of source: Sunday, June 4, 2006
The main concerns of the Copts that are being discussed are the legislative structure that forms an obstacle to the building of churches and Coptic representation in senior public positions and in parliament. A seminar under the name ‘The Copts of Egypt at a cross-road’ discussed the core of the...
Date of source: Friday, June 2, 2006
The article tackles a symposium organized by MENA, the Egyptian official
news agency, about
Muslim-Coptic coexistence in Egypt. Participants called for sustaining citizenship, away
from any religious
sentiments and blamed the religious institutions for their negligence in this regard.
Date of source: Friday, May 19, 2006
The
increasing influence of religion in Syrian society is the result of the
failure of the secular regime to implant
its ideology in the minds of the people, member of the secular
Ba‘th Party, Mus‘ab al
-Jindī, says.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The
author speaks in this article about a
religious revival in Germany and the relationship between the
secularist society there and religious
institutions.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 16, 2006
The
Orthodox
Church refuses liberalism although it is the only way for Christians to be saved from religious
fanaticism. The
Orthodox churches sermons fail to call for tolerance, making Christians even more
isolated.
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
The author discusses the problem of conveying the meaning of secularism and secular thought to the average Egyptian, who considers secularism synonymous with atheism.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 6, 2001
[The RNSAW received this text from Dr. Abu Zayd for placement in the RNSAW. The text was first presented during a conference in June in Berlin, Germany]
Since the occupation of Egypt by Bonaparte in 1798 Muslims have had to address the issue of secularization. Some Muslim thinkers believe Islam...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Kamāl Ghubryāl writes about a conference held in Cairo on the establishment of secularism in Egypt. He believes that the conference failed because they tried to match the solid concept of secularism with the new changes in society.
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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.