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Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 9, 2013
A security source in the Giza security Department has warned the Shi'ites in Egypt against organizing celebrations of ‘Ashūra’ day the coming Thursday (November 14) especially in the areas with Salafī strongholds. He stated that the police will not secure celebrations of ‘Ashūra’ unless they feel...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 7, 2013
The representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Bola, threatened to withdraw from the Constituent Assembly in opposition to the formulation of the “identity-related articles”. Foremost of these articles is a suggestion to insert an interpretation of the sharī’ah principles in the...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 6, 2013
Pope Tawadros refused to celebrate his 61st birthday which coincides with his selection last year as the 118th pope.This was stated by Father Paul Halīm, spokesman for the Orthodox Church, who said that the Pope decided so in solidarity with the families of the victims of the Church of Warrāq. He...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 4, 2013
Copts are the ones who have paid the price for the deposal of President Morsi (Mursī). According to a report in al-Tahrīr, Copts have faced 212 attacks since his deposal. These attacks included: killing, attacking churches, burning houses, shops, and forceful displacement. The article puts the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 5, 2013
The Constituent Assembly has decided to adjourn the discussion on Article 219 (explaining Article II referring to the principles of sharī’ah). There is a general leaning in the assembly to delete the article and include a reference in the preamble of the Constitution stating that the “principles...
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 2013
Bishop Biymin of Qūs and Naqādah and the member of the crisis committee in the Church stated that the Bayt Al ‘ailah has launched an initiative in cooperation with businessmen to establish a fund for reconstructing houses of worship that were destroyed in Egypt since June 30 (Nādir Shukrī, Watanī,...
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2013
The Muslim Brotherhood and their allies organized demonstrations, yesterday (Friday November 1st), in Cairo and Giza. The protestors attacked the Church of The Virgin and clashed with Copts in Zaytūn District, Cairo. They distributed leaflets against the army, in what seemed to be a rehearsal for...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 1, 2013
Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church Tawadros II stated that that Jehovah’s witnesses are not Christians as they do not recognize the “Apostles’ Creed” (Editor’s note: The “Apostle’s Creed” is the set of beliefs that Christians should hold that is based largely on the Canonical gospels and the New...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 19, 2013
In the Virgin Mary Cathedral for Catholic Copts, situated only a few streets behind the area of Rābaʽah al-‘Adawīyyah, I met with Bishop Yohanna Qulta on the 13th of August, following an article he wrote, “The Impossibility of Civil War in Egypt,” in which he stated that he did not fear a civil...
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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.