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Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 18, 2013
Libyan ambassador Ashour Hamid bin Rashid has said that the Libyan government severely condemns the attack on the Egyptian church in Benghazi. After meeting the Coptic Orthoddox Pope Tawadros II he stressed his eagerness for the safety of every Egyptian on Libyan soil. The Pope has requested that...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2013
Ahmad Fahmī, speaker of the Shūrá Council, announced that President Muhammad Mursī (Morsi) responded to the request of the Coptic Orthodx Church to change the dates of the parliamentary election so that it does not conflict with the Christian Easter holiday (Muhammad Husayn, al-Hurīyah wal-‘Adālah...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 17, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II voiced his concern over the situation of Copts in Libya after a Coptic Church was attacked in Benghazi. According to the Pope, the attack was a response to the protests held by Copts outside the Libyan embassy in Cairo and the “alleged” burning of a Libyan flag (...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 12, 2013
The Shūrá Council discussed Egypt’s relations with Libya and Sudan and the crisis faced by Coptic Egyptians in Libya. A fact-finding commission will be formed to put an end to the strenuous conditions faced by Egyptians in a number of countries, including Libya. A second committee will also be...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 21, 2013
A group of Coptic youth gathered outside the Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyah and held 30 minutes of silence to protest against the Church leaders’ decision to intervene in politics. In a statement published by the Associated Press, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II allegedly said that he...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 5, 2013
Immediately after solving the crisis of the "alleged" disappearance of the girl from Kom Ombo (Aswan Governorate), a similar crisis appeared in Mallawī of Samallūt Township in al-Minya Governorate. Head of al-Minya Security Department Ahmad Sulaymān received a notification from the police station...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 4, 2013
Political forces and Coptic movements have intensified their actions to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections to be held on April 22. The movement Kifāyah (Enough) began a campaign to gather two million signatures to stop the elections. In the meantime, the National Salvation Front (NSF) is...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 1, 2013
The newspaper al-Misrīyūn received threats that journalists will be prosecuted and physically liquidated and the newspaper headquarters burned down. The source of the threats remains unknown. However, the threats come after the newspaper revealed in their Wednesday, February 27 edition, the names...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 27, 2013
The national dialogue, headed by President Muhammad Mursī, continued yesterday, Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in order to discuss the integrity and transparency of the upcoming parliamentary elections. Present at the dialogue were a number of political parties, including the Freedom and Justice Party...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2013
Saint George Church in the village of Sirisnā, Tāmīyah Township of al-Faiyum Governorate was attacked by rocks and Molotov cocktails, which destroyed part of the ceiling and led to the burning of the church dome. A team from Tāmīyah Township Prosecution went to inspect the site to assess 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.