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Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 17, 2012
Mahmūd Hishlah wrote an article in al-Hurīyah wal-‘Adālah entitled, “Copts on the verge of hell”. He wrote that the Church today is trying to “build on the edge of a wrecked cliff [politics] that is not fit for elevation”. The former Pope (referring to the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III) ...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 12, 2012
Unfortunately, the cause of fitnah, whose impact and consequences we suffer from until now, is that one party denies Islam, and the other believes in and defends it. The fact is that everyone belongs to this country, but we object that one national group has the upper hand over everything and...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 9, 2012
Upon the decline of the Coptic Orthodox Church to join the dialogue initiated by President Muhammad Mursῑ after several of the Constituent Assembly members have withdrawn, Archpriest Angelious Ishāq, spokesman of Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, stated that the Church is not rejecting a meeting...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 18, 2012
Copts in Dayrūt of Asyut Governorate are terrified following repeated attacks by groups of thugs. In one instance, in Masārrah village (Dayrūt), thugs demanded payment from Copts, threatening to kidnap their sons, seize their land, and rape their women if they refused to pay. Human rights activist...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 4, 2012
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, launched yesterday a new initiative to reunite the political powers and end the state of division among the political parties and their polarizing the Egyptian street after it was announced that the referendum over the draft constitution is scheduled...
Date of source: الأحد, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 16, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St Mark the Apostle, cast his ballot in al-Waylῑ polling station (Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, Dec. 16, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 11, 2012
The three main Christian denominations in Egypt stressed that they did not call Copts to boycott the constitutional referendum. They argued that Copts may choose what they want whether to boycott or participate in the yes-or-no referendum. ['Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, December 11, p. 10] Read...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 3, 2012
Muhammad al-Zawahrī, leader of the Salafī Jihadism Movement, announced Sunday (December 2, 2012) that the Movement will boycott the upcoming constitutional referendum. According to al-Zawahrī, the sovereignty is God's alone, while the new constitution places the sovereignty of the state in the...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 5, 2012
The Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party and its parent organization Salafī Da’wah (Call) Movement launched a campaign to raise awareness of citizens on the importance of voting in favor of the draft constitution in a referendum that would take place soon and refutation of criticism against articles in the...
Date of source: الجمعة, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 30, 2012
Bishop Būla, the representative of the church who quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said the church has not authorized anyone to vote on its behalf over the draft. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Nov. 30, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
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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.