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Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Office and the Freedom and Justice Party headquarters in al-Muqattam lifted the Emergency Law to monitor closely the referendum in ten governorates.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2012
Independent human rights organizations, monitoring the referendum over the draft Constitution, detected several attempts of preventing Copts from voting.
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 23, 2012
Al-Watan reported that Coptic activists complained that despite a large turnout to cast their ballots on the second phase of the Constitutional referendum, Egyptian Christians, particularly in Upper Egypt, have been prevented from reaching their polling stations. In Mahallat Dīyāy of al-Dusūq...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 24, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī decision to appoint 90 members of the Shūrá Council came as an evidence that Islamists, especially the MB, will have control over the number of appointees. This contradicts with spokesperson for the President Yāsir ‘Alī’s statements that 75 percent of appointees will not be...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 5, 2012
Shaykh ‘Usāmah Qāsim, the Muftī for the Jihād Organization in Egypt, said women must not be a leader of any Islamist party like the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) on the grounds that it runs counter to the sharī’ah and teachings of Islam.
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 15, 2012
The three Egyptian churches denied that they walked out of the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, adding all reports to this effect were bare of truth. [Muṣṭafā Raḥḥūmah and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, Nov. 15, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 3, 2013
In al-Minya governorate, Coptic Catholic Archpriest, Ayūb Sālih, in Diljā village of Dayr Mawās Township, said that dozens of teenagers assembled in front of a church’s lounge, surrounded, threw rocks, and attempted to storm it (Islām Fahmī, al-Watan, Jul. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 2013
A number of Shī’ah leaders in Egypt threatened to possess weapons to defend themselves, after what they called “the inaction of security apparatuses to protect the victims of the incident of Abū Mussalim village. They demanded the immediate release of Muhammad al-Dayrīnī, Shī’ah leader, who was...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 27, 2013
A number of Coptic movements announced their participation in June 30 demonstrations in Tahrir Square and around the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis. They made it clear that they will not leave unless Morsi steps down. Copts participating in the demonstrations warned from raising any religious...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 25, 2013
The Church, as well, condemned the massacre and stressed that this kind of behavior is considered abhorrent in all religions and that violence is not the solution to the country's problems. It called for tolerance and prayer next Sunday (June 30), coinciding with the June 30 demonstrations, in...
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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.