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Date of source: Saturday, July 31, 2010
This article discusses the nomination of a group of Coptic ladies to the People's Assembly in the different governorates.
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Rāmī Lakah, one of the leaders of al-Wafd party, met with Dr. Muhammad Badī’, Muslim Brotherhood’s Murshid [Guide], asking him to clarify the position of the MB in many cases which increase Coptic fears concerning paying Jizyah and the second article of the constitution.
Date of source: Saturday, March 26, 2011
Hundreds of Copts resumed their protest on Kūrnīsh al-Nīl district in front of Maspero for hours demonstrating for their demands.
Their demands are:
releasing the detainees arrested in the previous protest [Copts had protested before following the incident of ‘Ātfīh, then they ended their sit-in...
Date of source: Friday, March 25, 2011
Copts Pope Shenouda III said that he did not talk about politics with the Muslim Brotherhood's Murshid [Guide].
MB's Murshid, Muhammad Badī' had called Pope Shenouda to reassure on his health after the Pope's health trip to the United States of America.
Sources from the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral...
Date of source: Saturday, March 12, 2011
Father Philopater Jamīl, a defrocked priest and editor of al-Katībah al-Tībīyah (Theban Legion) publication, revealed the involvement of elements of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in igniting the crisis of the Church of the Two Martyrs, Saint Mina and Saint George in Sūl village of 'Ātfīh,...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
A group of Coptic youth, who previously went on a 9 day strike, announced that they will go on another strike this coming Friday after preparing a list of demands.
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 2010
Six Coptic satellite channels abroad signed a statement in which they called themselves the “Christian Satellite Channels Abroad Alliance,” vowing against the defamation of religions. The alliance said that such actions are against the Bible’s teachings. The statement was composed at several...
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 2010
Bishop Kyrillos of Naj‘ Hammādī said that the sectarian violence in the al-Nawāhid village caused the burning of 20 houses and a total of 300,000 Egyptian Pounds worth of damage. Kyrillos accused Mayor ‘Abd al-Mun‘im Tantāwī of plotting the fire with the help of various other officials in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Sectarian tension dominated the al-Nawāhid village in Qena yesterday as rumors of an 18-year old Coptic boy raping a 15-year old Muslim girl caused a violent outbreak burning ten houses. The state has tightened security in the village to contain the situation. The boy and girl are both being held...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The Director of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, Dr. Ikrām Lam‘ī, talks to Al-Dustūr on subjects of controversy between the Orthodox and Protestant churches of Egypt. He blames fitnah tā’ifīyah on the Orthodox Church and the Azhar and claims that if it weren’t for the Protestant...
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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.