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Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox al-Milī (Lay) Council offered its condolences to the victims’ families of al-Khusūs and the cathedral incidents. The council’s statement expressed its great concern over the systematic ignition of fitnah against Christians.
The statement also blamed the state’s institutions for...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 12, 2013
The request highlighted the weakness of the President, and questioned the sincerity of his promise to be a President for all Egyptians. The request, made in response to a statement from the Assistant to President of Egypt on Foreign Relations, Dr ‘Issām al-Haddād, implying Coptic responsibility...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2013
Moreover, dozens of protesters staged a march on Apr. 12 from ‘Umar Makram Mosque to Qasr al-Dūbārah Church, headed by Shaykh Mazhar Shahīn and a number of politicians. The march was to denounce the decision of the Minister of Awqāf or Awkaf (Religious Endowments) to halt relations with the...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2013
A number of Coptic activists, including Najīb Jubrā’īl, head of the Egyptian Union of Human Rights Organization, had submitted an official memo to Field Marshal ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Minister of Defense, asking the Army to protect Copts, especially because of President Muhammad Morsi (Mursī) and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2013
The Daily News Egypt published an article on Apr. 9 entitled “Pope Tawadros II accuses President Morsi of inaction”. Below is the full text of the article:
The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church strongly criticised President Mohamed Morsi and his government for its handling of the outbreak of...
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2013
Al-Tahrīr criticized the statement and called it “manipulation and fraud”.
Below is the full text of the statement as it came on the “Office of Assistant to President of Egypt on Foreign Relations – Official” Facebook page, it was posted on Monday, April 8, 2013:
- On Al-Khusous and Cathedral...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 2013
According to al-Yawm al-Sābi’ the sectarian clashes in Khusūs and the following violence at the Cathedral are not comparable with earlier fights between Muslims and Copts. They represent a warning, since calls for a citizenship cannot be heard this time.
The coptic writer and researcher Sulaymān...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2013
Muhammad Sa’d al-Katatnī, leader of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), said that Khusūs’s fitnah is unacceptable and dangerous. He added on his “Facebook” page that there are those who want to spark fitnah in Egypt but elder men in the area should contain the crisis (Author not mentioned, al-...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2013
The Presidency condemned al-Khusūs incidents and offered its condolences to the victims’ families in a statement on Apr. 6 (Author not mentioned, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Apr. 7, p. 19). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 7, 2013
The conciliation session that took place at Saint George Church in al-Khusūs on Apr. 6 ended with several decisions: first, securing Saint George Church; second, preventing the assembly of Christians until the end of investigations and finally, calling Muslims to confront Christians with love from...
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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.