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Date of source: Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Interim President Adly Mansūr congratulated the heads of Christian countries on the occasion of Christmas. He also delegated the secretaries in his office to attend the celebrations of the Christian denominations (Author not mentioned, “Copts United”, Dec. 25). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Najuīb Jubraī’l, head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, stated that the Copts fear recurring attacks on churches during Christmas (Yasmīn Ramadān, al-Watan, Dec. 24, p. 16). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2013
Priests of churches in Daljā in Minya have renewed their requests to security to intensify the security around churches before Christmas fearing that the Muslim Brotherhood supporters may storm it (Māhir ‘Abd al- Sabbūr, al-Shurūq, Dec. 23, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, December 22, 2013
Tharwat Bikhyīt, the lawyer for the Coptic Orthodox Church in al-Khusūs case said that the ruling against the Christian defendants was referred to the Cassation court. All Christians in that case were sentenced up to 25 years in jail (Amānī Mūsá, “Copts United”, Dec. 22). Read original text in...
Date of source: Saturday, December 21, 2013
Bishop Bola, representative of the Coptic Orthodox church in the Constituent Assembly thanked the Salafīs for their campaign for the constitution. He added that they have raised high the nationalist principles above any other concern (Author not mentioned, al-Akhbār, Dec. 21, p. 3). Read original...
Date of source: Friday, December 20, 2013
Dr. Muná Mina, the Coordinator of “Doctors without Borders” and the member of the board of the Doctor’s Syndicate has been given the position of Chair of the Syndicate. She is the first Copt and the first woman to have earned that position (Fāttin Khidaiwy, al-Dustūr, Dec. 20, p. 3). Read original...
Date of source: Thursday, December 19, 2013
General Usāmah Mitwally, the Head of Minya Security Department, rejected the accusations of Bishop Makarios, the Bishop of Minya against the police. He accused the police of pressuring Copts to complete the reconciliation between the villages of Hiwārtah and Nazlit ‘Ābid. This came after a...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Several meetings were held for Coptic movements on the arrangements of the parliamentary elections and the selections of the Coptic parliamentary candidates which included discussions on the political situation and the representation of Copts in the coming parliament. Dr. Ihāb Ramzī former member...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Anonymous security sources revealed to al-Dustūr that terrorist groups and militias of the banned group (with reference to the Muslim Brotherhood) have planned to attack churches during Coptic Christmas early January. In the same context, Bolus Halīm, the spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church,...
Date of source: Monday, December 16, 2013
Bishop Bola, the representative of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the Constituent Assembly stated, “Today we are proud of a Constitution for all Egyptians that everyone had worked hard on.” He assured that all Egyptians, both Christian and Muslim, can proudly say that this is our constitution and we...
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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.