Displaying 211 - 220 of 3462.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 22, 2012
In another development, the al-Minya Criminal Court and the Emergency Supreme State Prosecution Court sentenced 12 to rigorous life term and acquitted eight others for fomenting sectarian strife in Abū Qurqās, al-Minya, and endangering national uinity in the Upper Egyptian governorate.
The convi...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 22, 2012
Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah, for his part, urged all segments of the Egyptian society to do their national duty by actively participating in the presidential elections to be held on Wednesday (May 23) and Thursday (May 24).
Jum’ah called for respecting the will of the people and the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 22, 2012
The central committee on national awareness for Copts, affiliated to the Orthodox Church in Alexandria, apologized for not convening a conference titled “No for Directing (voters),” which was supposed to be held on Monday (May 21), due to pressures, the committee said in a statement.
The committee...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 22, 2012
The Church’s Holy Synod reiterated that it will not back a certain candidate versus another, adding it stands on the same distance towards all candidates but prays that the Lord would choose for Egypt the best one who would observe justice and equality among all citizens.
“The church leaves the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 22, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius called on Muslims and Copts to participate in the election of a new president.
“We, as a church, believe that a good ruler is sent by the Lord. Any person, Christian or not Christian, should shoulder that spiritual responsibility of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 22, 2012
The question which presidential candidate Copts will vote for may be answered through two perspectives: One viewing Egyptian Christian citizens as one voting bloc that can be directed in favor of a certain candidate and the other revolves around their vision of the coming president’s traits.
The...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آيار (مايو) 22, 2012
Copts’ choices will not be out of these three after they dropped Dr. ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-Futūh out of their calculations the moment he struck alliances with Islamist groups, let alone his past as one of the leading turncoats from the Muslim Brotherhood group and the emergence of file photos of...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 20, 2012
Meanwhile, the state commissioners authority in Alexandria decided to postpone the first session of a lawsuit filed by lawyers for the Two Saints Church, Joseph Malāk and Samīr al-‘Ādlī, against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Alexandria security director, the prime minister and...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 20, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Mursī, the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) candidate for the presidency, said he is definite that none of the ousted regime’s men will win the elections this week, adding they could only win if the votes were rigged.
In an interview with al-Nahār TV channel, Mursī...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 20, 2012
The Holy Synod on Wednesday (May 16) held a meeting, the sixth since the death of Pope Shenouda, under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius.
Emerging from the meeting, Bishop Benyamin of al-Menoufia said the church stands on an equal distance toward all presidential candidates, adding the Holy Synod...
الصفحات
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.