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Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 11, 2013
The Basic Principles Subcommittee of the Constituent Assembly has rejected the proposal submitted by the churches stipulating the formation of the Churches’ Council as an independent institution as was stated in the article on Al-Azhar (Walā’ Ni’maa, et al, al-Watan, Oct. 11, p. 3). Read original...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 8, 2013
The crimes of abduction of Copts have increased in al-Minya. Ten of citizens were abducted, of which five are doctors, in less than a week. However, security sources refuse to call this a ‘phenomenon’ assuring that they are isolated incidents (Islām Fahmī, al-Watan, Oct. 8, p. 10). Read original...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 8, 2013
Dr. Shawqī ‘Allām, the Grand Muftī, stated that carrying or distributing political slogans or partisan banners or organizing protests during the pilgrimage is religiously prohibited (Author not mentioned, al-Watan, Oct. 8). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 21, 2013
The Salafī Call and the Nūr Party blamed the Muslim Brotherhood and its leaders for the violence and bloodshed, and has asked young members of the organization and their allies not to attend their protests, nor to act in support of their criminal rhetoric. Dr. Ahmad Khalīl, deputy leader the Nūr...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 21, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchy in Alexandria warned that leaflets attributed to a Coptic author have been spread in the streets of Alexandria including false information about the “Copts’ success” in ousting the Islamists from power. Also the leaflet says that Copts have filed a claim for autonomy...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 2013
A meeting between the representatives of Al-Azhar and the Church in the Constituent Assembly took place at the headquarters of Al-Azhar and lasted nearly two hours. It came at the invitation of Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyib, Al-Azhar Grand Shaykh, who did not attend the meeting.
Eight members of the assembly...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 8, 2012
Ambassador Ahmad al-Bidiwī, Assistant Foreign Minister for Diplomatic Corps and Inspection Affairs, said there will be no restrictions on bearded and hijāb-clad persons to join the foreign ministry in the contest that will soon take place.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2013
Security sources have state to al-Watan newspaper that the security forces are pursuing two former middle-ranking officers in the Egyptian military who were dismissed from work five years ago and travelled to a number of countries before returning to Egypt in the aftermath of January 25, 2011. He...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 29, 2013
Markos stated that some countries want a particular party Egypt and are not interested in Christians’ well-being or the churches that have been burned, for “the West only cares about its interests”. He stated that Copts resort only to God.
He pointed out that Egypt will be better tomorrow when...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 21, 2013
Coptic activists have announced a campaign to pressure the Constituent Assembly to adopt a Coptic quota of 15% in all the institutions of the state. The first step that was taken in this campaign is an online petition that was started and is directed at the Constituent Assembly urging it to adopt...
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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.