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Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 2, 2013
Clashes renewed between security forces and the locals of the city of Kom Ombo in Aswan Govenorate Friday evening, March 1, in the vicinity of Saint George Church, against the backdrop of the disappearance of a female Muslim school teacher. The clashes, which took place yesterday after the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 26, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church demanded passing a unified law for building worship houses and personal status law by President Muhammad Mursī, which will limit the sectarian incidents and tension (Rānīyā Nabīl, al-Sabāh, Mar. 26, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 25, 2013
Amīr ‘Ayād, human rights activist, co-founder of “Christian Brotherhood” group and member of Maspero Youth Union, was attacked during “Friday of dignity” on March 22, 2013. Maspero youth were surprised by the disappearance of ‘Ayād during the protests (Mājī Jamāl, al-Sabāh, Mar. 25, p. 5). Read...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 13, 2013
Counselor and member of the National Justice Committee Amīr Ramzī rejected the claim raised for drafting a law that places the Church's endowments under state financial control. “The church will not accept the monitoring of its money or donations by any entity, and should not pay taxes to the state...
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 12, 2013
Al-Misrīyūn reports that a new Coptic party may be a faction in the next parliamentary elections in Egypt. The aim of the party will be to represent the demands of the sectors of society that supported the January 25 Revolution but now feel marginalized by the new political leadership of the...
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: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 22, 2013
Abū Islām’s controversial statements about Coptic Christians and women who go to Tahrir Square have drawn calls for his prosecution by the Public Prosecutor. Abū Islām has described the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III as the “symbol of infidelity” and “the greatest enemy of Egyptian Islam”....
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: السبت, آذار (مارس) 16, 2013
A Christian physician was taken from his house in al-Manshīyah area in Tamā City of Sohag Governorate. Unidentified individuals had kidnapped Mīnā Rūmānī Ya’qūb, 29, at gunpoint and asked for a ransom of half a million Egyptian pounds to release him (Hasan ‘Abd al-Qādir, al-Sabāh, Mar. 16, p. 4)....
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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.