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Date of source: Friday, August 24, 2012
The Syndicate of Journalists, for its part, condemned the court verdict to remand ‘Afīfī into custody until the next session (September 16) and stressed that the Syndicate will have an urgent board meeting to discuss the matter.
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2012
In another statement by the Maspro Youth Union, it said that the peaceful march will start gathering at 07:00 p.m., move at 08:00 p.m. and stops at Maspero until 10:00 p.m., adding there are no plans to go on a sit-in considering the circumstances the country is going through after the “martyrdom...
Date of source: Thursday, October 31, 2013
One week after the Warrāq Church shooting, which led to 4 dead and several injured, families of the victims held a candle-lit vigil inside the ‘Abāssīyah cathedral in memory of those that died (‘Abīr al-Mursī, al-Ahrām, Oct. 31). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, August 16, 2013
A number of politicians and human rights organizations have denounced the attacks carried out by the Muslim Brotherhood and its supporters on churches and Copts’ property. They interpret these attacks as trying to drag the country into sectarian strife and bring about chaos as to weaken the popular...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
Political parties and movements denounced the “deplorable” unrest between Muslims and Christians in Dahshūr and called for forming a fact-finding commission and working on brining the displaced Coptic families back to their homes in the impoverished area.
Dr. Muhammad al-Barād’ī, a representative...
Date of source: Monday, July 30, 2012
The Maspero Youth Union, a Coptic advocacy group, urged all political and revolutionary movements to gather today (Monday) at 10:00 a.m. outside the State Council to express backing for the Egyptian judiciary on developments related to the constituent assembly. [‘Abīr al-Mursī, al-Ahrām, July 30, p...
Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2012
While the Muslim Brotherhood welcomed the decision and described it as a “victory for the values of the constitution and law,” civil political powers and parties categorically rejected it as an “unprecedented violation of the nation’s top court – the Supreme Constitutional Court”.
Rif’at al-Sa’īd,...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Calls for changing Article II and deleting the phrase “principles of the sharī’ah” or replacing it with the phrase “rulings of the sharī’ah” triggered political frenzy amidst warnings of possible strife in the Egyptian society if this changes takes place.
Najīb Jabrā’īl, Chairman of the Egyptian...
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2012
Dr. Muná Makram 'Ubayd, a member of the Advisory Council and the Revolution's Board of Trustees, met with Muslim Brotherhood Murshid (Guide) Muhammad Badī' on Sunday (February 19) to exchange views over recent incidents including the al-'Āmrīyah troubles that almost caused a crack within the wall...
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.