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16. Article "criminalizing any insults to God" erupts new differences between Al-Azhar and the Copts
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2012
A new proposed article by the Azhar criminalizing any insults to God, the prophets, Orthodox Caliphs or the Prophet Muhammad’s wives stirred differences and arguments between the top Sunni institution and Copts. [Rajab al-Murshidī and Salāh al-Dīn Hassan, al-Watan, July 24, p. 5] Read text in...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 24, 2012
Civil movements rejected a proposal by ‘Ādil ‘Afīfī, leader of the salafī al-Asālah (Authenticity) Party, to form a commission of top scholars comprising salafī preachers and Azhar officials to be in charge of interpreting the principles of the sharī’ah stated in the Egyptian Constitution,...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 20, 2012
Coptic movements and figures slammed a so-called fatwá by Dr. Yāsir Burhāmī, the deputy chairman of the Salafī Da’wah (Call) Movement, rendering as harām (religiously forbidden in Islam) any taxi drivers getting priests to their churches and said “this is worse than driving some people to pubs”....
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 22, 2012
Coptic associations called for the state’s intervention to prevent the church from civil legislation for Christians, have it confined to the religious aspects and that the government should enact civil laws on personal status for Copts away from any interference by the church.
The conference held...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 12, 2013
Al-Jamāʿah al-Islāmīyya in al-Minya said that they intervened in the operation of reconciliation between Muslims and Christians in Banī Ahmad and managed to prevent the fitnah with the cooperation of the people from the village and the other close villages. They affirmed that in this case there is...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 12, 2013
Minya
A customary reconciliation committee succeeded in reaching a final reconciliation between Copts and Muslims in Bani Ahmad Village in al-Minya. Both parties agreed to withdraw the lawsuits from court. The two sides also agreed on an indemnity clause of 2 million LE if either side attacks the...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 12, 2013
The clashes led to the torching of seven Coptic houses, some Coptic-owned shops, and a Coptic place of worship. Also two Muslim houses were burnt and 5 Muslims slightly wounded (Muhammad Khalf Amīn, Islām Fahmī, and Hibah Sabīh, al-Watan, Aug. 12, p. 15).
(Flynne Rushton, Intern)
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 4, 2012
“The Dutch journalist attacked late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III when he said that the pope deepened Christians’ feelings of persecution by exaggerating on estimations regarding the Coptic population,” said Bishop Bīshūy, who runs in the papal election to sit on the Saint Mark chair.
The...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
The number of monks applied for the position rose to seven after Monks Bīshūy and Archpriest Maximus presented their papers and recommendations to the candidacy committee. [Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 15, 2012
Political powers, parties and movements expressed reservations over the rate of representation of women, Copts and law experts included into the initial report by People’s Assembly Legislative Committee. [Khālid ‘Abd al-Rasūl and Ahmad Ghunaym, al-Watan, May 15, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
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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.