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Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 15, 2012
Orthodox Copts received the Easter with a mournful mood over the death of Pope Shenouda III at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah led by acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, April 15, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
4. AWR Daily Overview, April 17, 2012: Islamists see eye to eye on amending Article 2, says Dirbālah
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 17, 2012
A leading member of the al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah (Islamic Group) Shūrá Council revealed that his group is more inclined to agree with other Islamist organizations on the amendment of Article 2 of the Constitution to have it read as “the Islamic Sharī’ah, not the rulings of the Sharī’ah or the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 2012
Coptic pharmacist Mu'min Majdī Shihātah was forced to leave his dwelling place in the village of Abū George, Banī Mazār town, in a 'urfī (conciliatory) session for comparing Dr. Muhammad al-Barād'ī to hard-line Shaykh Abū Ishaq al-Hūwaynī, according to a Coptic advocacy group. [Shādyah Yūsuf, al-...
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 2012
Egypt Post will issue a stamp to commemorate the death of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, said Chairman Mus’ad ‘Abd al-Ghanī. [‘Alā’ Samīr, al-Ahrām, April 14, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 13, 2012
Coptic activist Mamdūh Ramzī called for representation of Copts in all state positions, giving them the chance to have access to top posts and removing any bans on Copts seeking to run for presidential elections. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Wafd, April 13, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 12, 2012
The defense counsel of the families of martyrs of the October 9 Maspero incidents quit the case and called for setting up an independent civil investigation panel. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, April 12, p. 8] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 11, 2012
In a significant development regarding the formation of the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, the Council of State’s Administrative Judiciary Court abolished the panel in its current formation after lawyers and constitutional law professors filed lawsuits objecting its...
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 8, 2012
The Coptic Catholic Church is celebrating Easter today (April 8) according to the Gregorian calendar as a Mass service was held at the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate, attended by representatives of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Cabinet, People’s Assembly and the Shūrá Council. [Ashraf...
Date of source: الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 6, 2012
A limited opinion poll by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) showed that Copts in nine governorates are not supporters of any Islamist presidential hopeful, as Khayrat al-Shātir and Hāzim Abū Ismā’īl got zero votes while ‘Amr Mūsá obtained 78 percent and Dr. ‘Abd al-Mun’im Abū al-...
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 9, 2012
Two Air Sinai planes flew from Cairo International Airport for Tel Aviv with 200 Egyptian Christians on board as part of an airlift to carry Egypt’s Copts to perform pilgrimage of the holy Christian sites in Jerusalem. [Husayn al-Zanātī, al-Ahrām, April 9, p. 14] 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.