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Date of source: السبت, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2013
Dozens of Muslims gathered in front of the Abū Fād Church in Marāshdah village of Qena Governorate on Friday (January 18, 2013) after a Muslim family accused a Coptic hardware dealer of sexually assaulting their four-year-old daughter. Muslim protesters destroyed the shop of the accused as well as...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 6, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has confirmed his support for the Azhar document, which was adopted to renounce the violence and political differences dominating society (Mamdūh Thābit and Sahar Hamdānī, al-Misrī al-Yawm, Feb. 6, p. 4). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 8, 2013
The Azhar's initiative for dialogue "Family House" or "Bayt al-‘Aylah" called on President Muhammad Mursī to freeze the recently issued Constitutional declaration and to engage in dialogue with national powers as soon as possible in order to bring Egypt out of its current crisis. It also called on...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2013
National Public Radio (NPR) quoted a number of U.S. researchers’ reports that reported the migration of around 100,000 Copts to the United States of America. Al-Watan newspaper is referring about the NPR article “Amid Instability In Egypt, Coptic Christians Flee To U.S.”:
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 24, 2013
This article addresses the post-revolutionary Coptic situation in Egypt. It suggests that Copts are partially responsible for the dire situation they currently find themselves in. Before the outbreak of January 25 Revolution two years ago, Copts were isolated within Egyptian society. Although...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 1, 2013
After President Muhammad Mursī’s and Chancellor Angela Merkel’s talks in Germany on Wednesday January 30, the President met representatives of the Egyptian community at the Egyptian embassy in Berlin.
When asked on the curfew imposed on the Suez Canal cities, Mursī explained that although he...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 30, 2013
The Cairo Criminal Court has sentenced seven Copts to death in absentia for insulting Prophet Muhammad, defaming Islam, and harming Egyptian national unity. The capital punishment decision, which must be reviewed, has been approved by the Muftī of the Republic Egypt.
The pro-Islamist newspaper,...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 8, 2013
A large number of Coptic activists condemn the misleading American media outlets on one hundred thousand Copts migrating from Egypt in the aftermath of the January 25 Revolution. The Coptic activists comment that such news incites the public opinion against them; like other Egyptians who had left...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī addressed the people of Egypt in a speech in which he expressed his grief at the loss of innocent lives in the clashes which have taken place over the last two days. He emphasised that he has a duty to all Egyptians, regardless of their political affiliation or religion,...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 28, 2013
Facebook pages yesterday (January 27) have been set up, introducing a new group calling itself Black Bloc, ”We are not thugs or saboteurs; we do not follow a party or any political movement. We are neither affiliated to the Church nor does the Church provide us with weapons, as Islamist militias on...
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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.