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Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2013
Banhā Criminal Court on July 7 postponed the trial against 33 (six of them are Christians) suspects in al-Khusūs sectarian incident to August 24.
Sharīf Muhammad Nabīl, the investigating officer, shocked attendees during the trial when he refused to answer the questions raised by the Christian...
Date of source: Thursday, June 27, 2013
A number of Coptic movements announced their participation in June 30 demonstrations in Tahrir Square and around the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis. They made it clear that they will not leave unless Morsi steps down. Copts participating in the demonstrations warned from raising any religious...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 26, 2013
For his part, Yāsir Burhāmī, Vice-President of the Salafī Call, commented on the killing of the four Shī’ah leaders, saying that public should not take matters with their own hands because it can open the doors of chaos. He considered the incident as illustrating that there are signs of division in...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Al-Tahrīr described the attack on four Shī’ah leaders as “horrible” and the first of its kind in Egypt’s modern history, and angered the Azhar scholars and Azhar Senior Scholars. Dr. Muhammad Ra’fat 'Uthmān said the incident was committed in order to intensify sectarian differences amongst...
Date of source: Monday, June 24, 2013
Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, Najīb Jubrā’īl, said that the U.S. and Qatar are interfering in Egyptian affairs to achieve the U.S. interest (to assure Israel’s security) through the dictatorial rule of the MB. He added that Patterson came to open communication with the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 23, 2013
In the front page of al-Watan, a number of Coptic organizations launched a conference, rejecting U.S. pressures on the Church to prevent Copts from participating in June 30 protests.
Najīb Jubrā’īl, Head of the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, unveiled that Patterson, during her visit...
Date of source: Saturday, June 22, 2013
The Coptic Solidarity Organization will discuss the future of Egypt under MB's rule and the extent of U.S. support for the new regime in Egypt. U.S. Senator Frank Wolf warned of the consequences of religious persecution against Christians in the Middle East especially in Egypt and Iraq. He stressed...
Date of source: Friday, June 21, 2013
‘Asim 'Abd al-Mājid, member of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyyah’s (Islamic group) and leader of al-Ansār movement has launched an attack on supporters of the June 30 demonstration, saying “our dead in paradise and your dead in hell”.
Date of source: Thursday, July 11, 2013
Copts protected Muslim Tahrir protesters while performing Tarawīh prayers (extra congregational prayers performed by Muslims at night in the Islamic month of Ramadan) on June 10, 2013. The main platform of the square called protesters, Muslims and Christians, to join the suhūr (an Islamic term...
Date of source: Saturday, July 6, 2013
Pope Tawadros sent a congratulatory cable to the new interim President of Egypt, Counselor ‘Adlī Mahmūd Mansūr. The Pope also congratulated Counselor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd for returning to his post as the Public Prosecutor (Mustafá Sha’bān, al-Misrīyūn, Jul. 6, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
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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.