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Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 3, 2013
Yesterday, February 2, in Alexandria, the general union for Copts for the nation movement signed a declaration urging all political forces, authorities, and opposition, as well as all youth movements, to support the latest Azhar Document denouncing violence, calling for peaceful protests, and...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 8, 2013
An electronics’ technicians reported his daughter missing in Shubrā al-Khaymah without accusing anyone of her kidnap.
Ishāq Karmī Bisālī, father of the “kidnapped”, said that he had good relations with his Muslim neighbors. He added that his daughter’s wedding was going to be next June (2013). He...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 15, 2013
An article in the English The Telegraph on Jan. 13 said that the number of Coptic Churches in the United States has grown from four churches to 200 in 40 years. There are so many Coptic refugees from Egypt fleeing, if they can, to the United States that some Coptic Churches have had to be extended...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 7, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II conducted the first Christmas holy mass since his ordination in November 2012 following the death of former Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III in March 2011. Around five thousand Muslims and Christians beside several official and public figures attended the holy mass...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 4, 2013
Political forces and Coptic movements have intensified their actions to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections to be held on April 22. The movement Kifāyah (Enough) began a campaign to gather two million signatures to stop the elections. In the meantime, the National Salvation Front (NSF) is...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 7, 2013
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, Azhar’s Grand Shaykh, minimized the sectarian tensions in Egypt between Muslims and Christians, describing it as “individual behaviors that came as a result of emotional, social or political stances and these individuals cover them under religion” (Fathī Majdī, al-Misrīyūn, Mar...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 1, 2013
The newspaper al-Misrīyūn received threats that journalists will be prosecuted and physically liquidated and the newspaper headquarters burned down. The source of the threats remains unknown. However, the threats come after the newspaper revealed in their Wednesday, February 27 edition, the names...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 6, 2013
Bishop Pachomius of al-Beheira said that the Egyptian Church is following up on the detained Copts in Libya through calls with Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Libya Embassy in Cairo (Author not mentioned, Christian Post, Feb. 25). Read full text in English.
Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 5, 2013
(Author’s note: Wafāꞌ Mustafá Mashhūr is the sole woman that topped the electoral list of the Muslim Brotherhood. She is the general director of the Islamic Dār al-Harā’ Schools in Asyut, married to Dr. Muhammad ‘Abd al-Jawwād, Professor at the Faculty of Engineering. A Bachelor of Art in Arabic...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 15, 2013
The Egyptian churches stressed that priests and monks are ready for martyrdom and that their destiny is in the hands of God. That came as a response to the “Conquest of Egypt” document, published exclusively by al-Watan. This document revealed the plan of some jihadī cells targeting Copts and...
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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.