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Date of source: Friday, January 4, 2013
In preparation for the Christmas celebrations on Sunday (January 6), the Church is taking strict security measures, Nādir Marqus, member of the Coptic Orthodox Millī (Lay) Council, declared. Security committees – beside the Coptic Scout youth- will be in charge of securing all the Churches of...
Date of source: Monday, January 14, 2013
The electoral commission of the National Salvation Front (NSF) has set coming Monday, January 21 as dead line to finalize the list of candidates running in the coming parliamentary elections.
Dr. ''Azazī 'Ali ''Azazī, member of the NSF and Egyptian Popular Current, stated that they will participate...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Representatives of the Azhar body vehemently denied the allegations suggested by deputy chief of the Salafīsts and former member of the Ca which drew up the new Constitution, Shaykh Yāsir Burhāmī. The Salafī preacher suggested that the Azhar had approved Article 219, which endorses the provisions...
Date of source: Sunday, December 23, 2012
Seventeen governorates head to polling stations Saturday, December 22 to vote on the second phase of Egypt’s draft Constitution; observers record a number of electoral violations. [Husayn Ramzī, Al-Misrī Al-Yawm, Dec. 23, p. 5] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, January 10, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II meets with Foreign Minister of Iran, Ali Akbar Salehi as well with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Saint Mark Cathedral in ’Abāsīyyah, Cairo.[Author not mentioned, al-Akhbār, Jan. 10, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
In the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsyah area, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II received on Wednesday, December 2, the Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb who headed a prestigious delegation to extend Christmas greetings. [Ashraf Sādiq, Marwá al-Bashīr, and Nādir Abū al-Futūh, Al-Ahrām...
Date of source: Thursday, December 20, 2012
In a meeting with French Ambassador Nicolas Galey and the French delegation accompanying him, the Grand Shaykh of The Azhar, Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyīb stated that he is confident that the Egyptian people will surpass the actual crisis. The meeting that took place on Wednesday, December 19, tackled issues...
Date of source: Saturday, December 15, 2012
Dozens of thousands of Copts from different Christian denominations rallied in worship to al-Muqattam Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner, also called the Cave Church (Dayr Sam’ān al-Kharāz), to pray for Egypt, 48 hours before the referendum over the draft Constitution, scheduled for today, December...
66. AWR Daily Overview, December 14, 2012: Muslim Brotherhood provokes religious Coptic institutions
Date of source: Friday, December 14, 2012
Sharīf Jādallah, a lawyer of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), filed a complaint against Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, accusing him of allegedly igniting fitnah tā’ifīyah among protestors by withdrawing the Church’s representatives from the Constituent Assembly. [Shirīn Tāhir, al-Wafd, Dec. 14, p.3...
Date of source: Monday, December 10, 2012
“Despite their active participation in all the events of the Revolution and their standing side by side with men, evolving currents on the political scene are working on throwing their (women) social status quo back to the ages of oppression and discrimination”, said Mirvat Tallāwī, president of...
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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.