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Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2013
Human Rights activist, Fadī Yūssuf, the founder of the Coalition of Egyptian Copts, has revealed plans within the Coalition to draft a law to curb sectarian strife in Egypt. He added that the law will regulate all issues that are used as pretexts for sectarian strife including conversions and...
Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2013
Sufi groups are mobilizing their followers to give a “yes” vote in the coming constitutional referendum. The Union of Sufi Orders and revolutionary groups are launching today the “Yes to the Constitution” campaign in the context of the national consensus over the Constitution. (‘Alī Rajab, al-...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
The secular Christian stream has denounced the events that have taken place in Nazlit ‘Ābid and Hiwārtah. Leaders of the stream requested Counselor Adly Mansūr to intervene to protect the unity of Egypt after Copts have been “targeted by terrorists”. They stated that the events show that there is...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The Coalition of Egyptian Copts has ended the formulation of a new draft law to counter sectarianism. The draft law includes 11 articles and shall be submitted to the Interim President ‘Adly Mansūr on Thursday, December 12 (Alī Ragab, al-Dustūr, Dec 10, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 10, 2013
The Senior Scholars Committee, headed by Al-Azhar Grand Shaykh Ahmad al-Tayyīb decided to terminate the membership of Yusuf al-Qaradāwī in the committee (Alī Ragab, al-Dustūr, Dec 10, p. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Friday, November 8, 2013
The Ministry of Endowments set a communal theme for the Friday’s Sermon given by its clerics. It focused on “learning from the lessons of migration” and the rules of coexistence with non-Muslims. It stressed the importance of “brotherhood among all citizens of the homeland” (Alī Ragab, al-Dustūr,...
Date of source: Monday, January 9, 2017
The Coptic researcher Rūbīr al-Fāris [Rober al-Faris] presents a simplified explanation for the Coptic religion in Egypt. Al-Faris explains that Coptic Christians only worship one God, contrary to the popular misconception that they worship three gods.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
Dār al- Iftā’ has assured in a new fatwá that political pluralism is permitted in Islam (Ali Ragab, al-Dustūr, Jan. 12, p. 2).
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2014
The Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has called upon Egyptians to give a ‘Yes’ vote in the Constitutional Referendum. He added in a video that was broadcasted in CTV, that there is an Arab proverb that “‘Yes’ increases the blessings” (Majdī Fikrī and Alī Ragab, al-Dustūr, Jan. 12. p. 3).
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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.