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Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 28, 2010
Pope Shenouda met with President Mubārak last Wednesday. But Archpriest Sergius Sergius, the Patriarachy Deputy, claims that no one from the church knows what happened during meeting, as the Pope went alone.
Meanwhile, Najīb Jabrā’īl Mīkhā’īl, a Coptic lawyer and activist, says that nine points...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2010
Headline: Jum‘ah: We Did not Issue a Fatwá that Egyptian Divorce Is Invalid Because of Different Pronounciations
Source: Rose al-Yūsuf
Pages: 3
Author: Subhī Mujāhid
Keywords: Fatwá, divorce
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Headline: The Assassination of al-Barād‘ī
Source: Al-Yawm al-Sābi‘
Pages: 4
Author...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2010
It seems that Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod and church strongman, has voluntarily decided to keep out of sight and away from the rapid developments in the Coptic arena, the latest of which is the al-‘Umrāniyyah events.
This is to avoid having to make statements, especially as he wishes...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2010
The author begins her piece by referring positively to an Italian priest who has permitted Muslims to hold Friday prayers in a section of his church, justifying this by saying he seeks to strengthen relations between the religions.
She then compares this with what she calls the "unjust, stubborn...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 21, 2010
"Even if the whole nation were to disagree with Dr. Muhammad al-Barād‘ī...we do not approve or support this errant Fatwá from an errant Shaykh permitting the killing of the man," ‘Abd al-Mun‘im writes of the former head of the IAEC and Nobel Peace prize winner.
He says that it is insanity for a...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 14, 2010
The author writes that when she heard that a three-story building in ‘Umrāniyyah had been converted into a mosque, she asked her newspaper editor if he would confirm this, which he did by sending a reporter there.
She comments on the strange timing and speed of converting this unfinished building...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 14, 2010
The issue of subjecting books of hadīth and interpretation to a process of sifting out Israelite hadīths has resurfaced, although the matter has in the past been met with loud opposition from some religious authorities.
The Azhar University has called for the addition of a new subject to the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 14, 2010
Everytime there is a political, religious, or economic crisis, some nonsense emerges that many believe to be a miracle, despite their knowledge that the age of miracles is over for good.
I was not surprised when some devotees of Imām Al-Husayn announced that he had appeared before his mosque, nor...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 27, 2010
Priests’ wives have come to the fore after the crisis of Wafā’ Qustantīn and the recent crisis of Kāmīliyā Shihātah and the sectarian tensions they stir. Some of them tell al-Yawm al-Sābi' about their experiences and responsibilities as wives of clergymen.
In the aftermath of Kāmīliyā's crisis,...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 27, 2010
Copts always feel that state security does not intervene to resolve their problems unless they resort to demonstrations and media pressure. General Fu’ād 'Allām, former state security deputy, points out that the relationship between Copts and the state is run through the state security. That is...
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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.