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Date of source: Sunday, September 22, 2013
Al-Sabāh newspaper featured an investigative report about the development in Kafr Hakīm in Kirdāsah. The report states that al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah has prohibited Copts from raising crosses on the churches and using microphones in prayers. The report states that Coptic women would wear the veil to...
Date of source: Monday, November 4, 2013
Al-Sabāh newspaper reports about a phenomenon that is recurring in Minya where Copts are using their house bunkers as hiding places from attacks by militant groups. This way of hiding, according to the report, was used by monks to hide from attacks during the Middle Ages (Marina Amīr, Al Sabāh,...
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2014
Based on anonymous security sources security forces have been capable of preventing a dangerous terrorist plot aiming at killing Pope Tawadros in the mass of Resurrection Day (Easter).
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2014
The performance of singer Īhāb Tawfīq in a French Orthodox church, belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, sparked anger and mocking. [CH: this church was founded by the late Bishop Marcos of France and Bishop Athanasius of France and consists mainly of French converts to Orthodoxy. They...
Date of source: Monday, April 7, 2014
Mina Majdī, Maspero Youth Union spokesman stated that the political agreement between the Salafis and presidential nominee al- Sīsī is causing Copts much concern to the extent that some are revising their position and may withdraw from voting for al- Sīsī. He stated that Mursī has cooperated with...
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2013
A new movie depicting Mary Magdalene and her relationship to Jesus Christ is expected to provoke controversy. The movie is called, “And He Became Human” and Serene ‘Abd al-Nūr (Lebanese actress) is acting in the role of Mary Magdalene. Mary Magdalene is an important female figure in the New...
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.