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Date of source: Friday, August 8, 2014
President ‘Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī has assured that preparations are underway to carry out the parliamentary elections. He assured of the importance of the coming parliament and the wide powers that it shall have according to the constitution. He called upon everyone to take part and asserted the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 2014
The rank and file of the Muslim Brotherhood is allegedly on a state of high alert a few days before commemorating the dispersal of the Rāb’ah and Nahdah sit in. It called upon a number of the leaders of the group to confront those who get in the way of their rallies no matter what. Dr. Muhammad al...
Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2014
Minister of Endowments Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah has called upon the Ministry of Interior to arrest Muhammad Nasr, who is publicly known as the preacher of Tahrir, accusing him of contempt of religion (Lū‘aī ‘Alī et al, al-Yawm al- Sābi’, August 11, p. 5)
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 2014
President ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī stressed during a meeting with a group of media professionals that it is important to say the truth and to present it honestly. He discussed internal and international issues and assured that the homeland is facing many challenges. The president alerted that the...
Date of source: Saturday, August 9, 2014
Dr. Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah, Minister of Endowments has stated that it is Egypt’s fate to face extremism from two sides. The first side is that of religious extremism and the other is profanity and recklessness. He added that the main battle of the Azhar scholars is to face the manipulation of...
Date of source: Thursday, August 7, 2014
After returning of his medical trip abroad, Pope Tawadros visited Grand Imām Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib Shaykh of the Azhar to congratulate him and all Muslims on the occasion of Īd al- Fitr. Pope Tawadros stated that Egypt stands high beyond any conspiracy and added that all states are in “Gods hands” (...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 6, 2014
A number of Copts have started a campaign against Rose-al-Yūsuf Weekly Magazine, after it published an article entitled, “The Poor Copts Will Have Paradise; Massaging Pope Tawadros in Vienna.” This was considered by activists to be an insult to the Church and Pope Tawadros. The activists started a...
6.AWR Daily Overview August 13, 2014: Government and Human Rights Groups angry at Human Rights Watch
Date of source: Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Human Rights Watch stated that the dispersal of Rāb'ah sit in was one of "systematic and widespread" killing of least 1,150 protesters, by the security forces, amounting probably to the level of crimes against humanity. It was considered by the Egyptian Center for Human Rights surprising and...
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2013
A summarization and translation of the interview with Al-Watan Interview with Minister of Endowments, Mohammed Mokhtar Goma’a [Muhammad Mukhtār Jum’ah], with was published in al-Watan on September 7, 2014. The interview contains his opinions in addition to government policies on the secularization...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab was the Advisor of the Azhar’s Grand Imām for Dialogue Affairs and Director of the Azhar’s Center of Dialogue. He passed away on Sunday June 29, 2014, at the age of 59, due to a heart attack. He was a staunch advocate for dialogue and was outspoken about the need to renew the...
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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.