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Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 28, 2012
Rev. Rif’at Fikrī Sa’īd, the chairman of the Information & Publishing Council of the Coptic Evangelical Synod of the Nile, said his church has always been democratic and calls for equality and respect for human rights, adding the church has never directed its members to vote for any candidate...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 12, 2013
Muslim Issues
'Abd al-Ghanī Hindī, General Coordinator of the Popular Movement for the Independence of al-Azhar, announced the movement's intention to prepare a black list of Imam‘s names who call themselves '‘ulama against the coup.' These imams demanded the creation of a Free Egyptian Army,...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 6, 2013
Tamarrud campaign coordinator, Mahmūd Badr, called the attacks on Copts a crime against the state and the Revolution (Ahmad ‘Abd al-Bāsit, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Aug. 5). Read original text in Arabic.
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Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 6, 2013
Other Statements
Al-Dustūr Party expressed deep disapproval of the repeated attacks against Christians in Upper Egypt and other regions over the past month, led by some elements sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood. It stressed that these practices are unacceptable and opens the doors only to...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 6, 2013
Qena
Dozens of supporters of ousted president, Muhammad Morsi (Mursī) from Islamic movements in Naga' Hammādi formed a human shield around the Virgin Mary Church during the early hours of dawn on August 6. They gathered to stand firm against any attempts to storm the church after clashes between...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 26, 2012
Nādir al-Sīrafī, media spokesman for the Copts 38 movement, described the participation of some Copts in the August 24th demonstrations and their sit-in in front of the presidential palace as circumventing a document of the Azhar. He pointed out that the movement had not adopted a specific position...
Date of source: الأحد, آيار (مايو) 27, 2012
“The Muslim Brotherhood has always been against the revolution while the Salafists have always been rejecting revolts against rulers…black flags were raised in the sit-in of al-‘Abbāssīyah a couple of weeks ago to indicate that al-Qā’idah entered Egypt, which has not taken place so far. However, al...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 5, 2012
Robert Fisk, a renowned editorialist in the British newspaper The Independent, said Ahmad Shafīq, the Mubārak loyalist, has the support of the Christian Copts, and Assad has the support of the Syrian Christians. The Christians support the dictators. Not much of a line, is it?
On Saturday, 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.