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Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has given several interviews to major Egyptian media outlets. Below are extracts and highlights of two of the interviews that were given to Egyptian national newspapers, in which Pope Tawadros discusses Christian Muslim relations in general, as well as specific...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Intern Aidan and Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Dr. Mahmūd ‘Azab (Mahmoud Azzab) on June 19, 2013 about the Bayt Al-‘A’ila (Bayt al-Aila), the Azhar initiated center for Muslim-Christian dialogue. Bayt Al-‘A’ila is Arabic for House of the Family, that is presenting Muslims and Christians in Egypt as...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
In his first interview since the clashes at Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has confirmed that members of the police fired tear gas at the Cathedral (Caroline Kāmil, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Apr. 20, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, April 27, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has given several interviews to major Egyptian media outlets. Below are extracts and highlights of two of the interviews that were given to Egyptian national newspapers, in which Pope Tawadros discusses Christian Muslim relations in general, as well as specific...
Date of source: Thursday, April 18, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II accused the security apparatuses of negligence and criticizes the media for the exaggeration of events and enlarging any argument between a Muslim and Christian to fitnah tā’ifīyah, according to Mamdūh Ramzī, a [Coptic] member of the Shūrá Council.
Pope Tawadros met...
Date of source: Saturday, May 11, 2013
Students of the teacher, Dimyānah ‘Ubayd, 23, accused of contempt of Islam and attempting to convert students, have denied her charges. Of the 14 children in her class, ten of them have denied the event took place, whereas three confirm it. 'Ubayd denied the charges and claims that religious...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
Tight security was put in place on two Coptic Orthodox churches in Alexandria, after a tip was received, claiming that a bomb had been planted in the church. Police have surrounded the church to protect it from attack. According to Joseph Malāk, a church official, the news contributed to the sense...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2013
The National Council for Human Rights (NCHR)'s fact-finding committee issued a report about the attack on Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah. The report highlighted that up till now, according to the prosecution, there are no suspects in the incidents, despite filing more than 45 reports from...
65. AWR Daily Overview, April 8, 2013: Christian mourners attacked outside Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2013
Violence outside Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah district of Cairo left at least two dead and around 90 injured. Although the details of the events are not clear, several thousand people were at the Cathedral attending the funeral for the victims of sectarian violence in al-Khusūs (Peter...
Date of source: Sunday, March 3, 2013
Last week Libyan authorities detained around 50 Egyptian Christians on the charges of proselytizing Christianity in Libya, which is illegal under Libyan law. The accused deny the charges and insist that all religious materials were for their own use. Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadrous II has been...
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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.