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Date of source: Sunday, May 11, 2014
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros has led a mass in St. Antonios’ Church in Abū Dhabi on Saturday May 10, on the second day of his visit to the UAE. On Friday, the day of his arrival, the pope gave a lecture at the Bayt al- Shāti’ hall. He stated that “he came to the Emirates to thank the UAE and the...
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2014
Ansār Bayt al- Maqdis (terrorist group operating in Sinai) have stated that democracy is a form of infidelity that should be avoided as it destroys Islam. They added that that they are preparing their members religiously, organizationally and materially to jihād against infidels and apostates who...
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2014
Anonymous sources stated that the committee assigned to draft a new parliamentary elections law is about to give 90% of the seats to individuals and 10% to the parties. This was rejected by the political parties which threatened to boycott the parliamentary elections if the share of individual...
Date of source: Thursday, May 8, 2014
Al- Qaeda organization has called upon the Islamist youth in Egypt to start a armed jihad against ‘the military coup’. It called on taking down the coup regime and constructing the State of Islamic Shari’ah. It assured that democracy is non-Islamic. Ādam Yahyā, known as the American Azzām, has...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Cairo Urgent Affairs Court banned the leaders of the former NDP (National Democratic Party) from running in all the coming elections. It has demanded the government to take all necessary measures to ban them (Ahmad Khalīl et al, al- Akhbār, May 7, p. 3)
Date of source: Tuesday, May 6, 2014
In continuation to the series of attempts to spread terror and fear in society, and in an attempt to delay examinations, two bombs were found close to the Azhar university containing a highly explosive TNT. General Magdī Abbāss stated that there was a strange looking device which turned out to be a...
Date of source: Monday, May 5, 2014
The churches announced neutrality in the presidential elections. Pope Tawadros stated that the Church will not support a particular presidential candidate in the presidential elections. He added that each candidate will present their own platform and each citizen can make their own choice. Copts...
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2014
The Ansār Bayt al- Maqdis announced its responsibility for the explosions that led to the death of three army conscripts and injuring 11 others in Sinai and Cairo yesterday. In Sinai, a double suicide attack targeted an army checkpoint and a tourist bus. In Cairo, unknown assailants have destroyed...
Date of source: Saturday, May 3, 2014
Three conscripts and a civilian lost their lives and 12 others have been injured in two suicide attacks in Sinai, and an explosive device in Heliopolis. In Cairo, an explosive devise exploded in a traffic signal box in al-Mahkamah Square, Heliopolis which injured two officers and three conscripts.
Date of source: Friday, May 2, 2014
Al-Waily Misdemeanor Appeals court has ruled to punish Ahmad Muhammad Abd Allah, more known as Abu Islam, with jail for 6 months in the second lawsuit presented by Najuīb Jubrā’il, accusing him of contempt of religion. Najuīb Jubrā’il has submitted a complaint to the former Prosecutor General, Tal’...
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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.