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Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2011
The article reports that a recent church attack in Alexandria was not only shocking to Egyptians, but also terrifying to those who saw it as the beginning of the end of a Christian presence in the country, as well as in the Arab world.
Masaad provides a historical and regional context of the...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 2, 2011
Both Christians and Muslims have strongly condemned the New Year's day attack in Alexandria that killed 21 people and injured 70 others outside the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter.
Father Mattá of the Great Martyr Mār Girgis Church in Manshiyyat al-Sadr, Cairo stressed the...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
The United States Department of State recently issued a declaration claiming that freedom of religion in Egypt is underwhelming, saying that minorities suffer from religious discrimination in various aspects of social and political life. After this, it was announced that the Azhar and the church...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
The past year witnessed fourteen different Salafīyah demonstrations against the Coptic Orthodox Church, demanding that Pope Shenouda be deposed and that Christian women who had allegededly converted to Islam and been imprisoned be released.
However, an opposing Salafīyah streams emerged that banned...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
The most controversial fatwás issued in year 2010 were:
- The father who gives her daughter in marriage to someone who an older man is an evil doer and must forfeit the guardianship of his sons.
- The punishment of the parents, mediator, lawyer, and husband involved in the underage marriage of a...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
Headline: September 11 is an American conspiracy, says Shaykh ‘Abd al-Majīd al-Zindānī
Source: Al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī
Page: 24-25
Author: Ilhāmī al-Malījī
Keywords: Shaykh
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Headline: In 2011...Copts expecting increase in sectarian fitnah and clashes between church and...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
Clashes between three Christian workers at a shoe store and a Muslim occurred in al-Faiyum at al-Būsta street, which resulted in all four of them being transported to the local hospital.
The fight began when the Christians in question mocked the Muslim man's hair style when he refused to step away...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2011
The Sīdī Bishr district in Alexandria was the scene of a gruesome terrorist attack when a car exploded in front of al-Qidīsīn (Saints) Church immediately after New Year's mass.
This report says that witnesses claimed that the explosion came from a car parked parallel to the church, which resulted...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2010
On May 29, 2010, the Supreme Administrative Court obliged Pope Shenouda to allow remarriage of divorced Copts, which triggered clashes between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the judiciary.
Counselor Muhammad al-Husīn announced from the judiciary bench, “The sanctity of verdicts prevail over any...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2010
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and al-Qanātir recently held a conference entitled, "Adaptation of Technology and Media in Church Education."
Bishop Marqus, who heads the Media Technology and Telecommunication Committee, says that the church is preparing a special, confidential network on the...
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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.