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Date of source: Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Coptic heritage in Old Cairo area was the main theme of the 2nd conference on Coptic culture, held at the Mar Mina Monastery on October 10-12 and organized by the Lovers of Coptic Heritage Society (LCHS) in tandem with the monastery.
Date of source: Sunday, November 28, 2004
Like an ice ball, sectarian sedition feeds on all it encounters en route, thus growing larger and more threatening to national unity in Egypt, read a feature by Al-Arabi!
A few days back, sectarian sedition flames came to the surface in Assiut with one of the National Democratic Party NDP leaders...
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2002 to Friday, February 22, 2002
The article sheds light on how the Jezira TV and some emigrant Copts, such as, Michael Mounir tried to exploit the incidents of Beni Walmis to give the impression that Egypt suffers from sectarian strife. The author described both the Jezira TV and Mounir and his group as provokers.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 12, 2002
Dr. Milad Hanna (77), a much respected Coptic thinker and politician in Egypt who was awarded the UNESCO Simon Bolivar prize for his efforts in intercultural dialogue, was severely attacked by some Coptic activists in the Copts Daily Digest after his visit with Dr. Kamal Abul-Magd to Washington DC...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
Sidhom writes about the latest efforts of the Egyptian government to ease the struggles of Copts who wish for free and equal rights regarding their houses of worship. Although the president seemed to take steps toward this end, the author fears that these steps are flawed at best, and scoffed,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
Father Shenouda Marqus welcomes President Mubārak’s decision to annul the Hamāyounī Decree, which required a presidential permission for the simple repairs to church buildings.
Date of source: Monday, January 30, 2006
The author records the comments of Coptic lawyer Mamdouh Nakhla, who opposed the president maintaining his authority relating to church-building decisions.
Date of source: Sunday, January 29, 2006
Coptic activist Majdī Khalīl claims discrimination against Copts in Egypt and cites a number of incidents where Copts are openly discriminated against and treated unfairly by authorities.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Many Egyptian Christians and U.S. Copts argue that the Hamayouni decree, an Ottoman law dating back to 1856, is still in effect, even though it was officially annulled in 1914 when Egypt was declared a British protectorate.
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2006
William al-Mīrrī writes about Coptic problems in 2005: The Hamayouni decree and the U.S. Coptic conference, recently held in Washington.
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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.