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Date of source: Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The Coptic Catholic Church installation ceremony for Patriarch Ibrāhīm Ishāq, took place at Virgin Mary Church in Nasr City on March 12, 2013. 2,000 Copts and a number of public figures and state officials attended, however, there were not any representatives from the Muslim Brotherhood or...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church demanded passing a unified law for building worship houses and personal status law by President Muhammad Mursī, which will limit the sectarian incidents and tension (Rānīyā Nabīl, al-Sabāh, Mar. 26, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, March 25, 2013
Amīr ‘Ayād, human rights activist, co-founder of “Christian Brotherhood” group and member of Maspero Youth Union, was attacked during “Friday of dignity” on March 22, 2013. Maspero youth were surprised by the disappearance of ‘Ayād during the protests (Mājī Jamāl, al-Sabāh, Mar. 25, p. 5). Read...
Date of source: Friday, February 22, 2013
Abū Islām’s controversial statements about Coptic Christians and women who go to Tahrir Square have drawn calls for his prosecution by the Public Prosecutor. Abū Islām has described the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III as the “symbol of infidelity” and “the greatest enemy of Egyptian Islam”....
Date of source: Saturday, March 16, 2013
A Christian physician was taken from his house in al-Manshīyah area in Tamā City of Sohag Governorate. Unidentified individuals had kidnapped Mīnā Rūmānī Ya’qūb, 29, at gunpoint and asked for a ransom of half a million Egyptian pounds to release him (Hasan ‘Abd al-Qādir, al-Sabāh, Mar. 16, p. 4)....
Date of source: Friday, March 15, 2013
Dozens of Copts surrounded the Libyan Embassy in Cairo on March 14 for the second time in two days, demonstrating against the death of a Christian and demanding the release of others who are accused of proselytizing and compensation for their loss as well as an official apology from the state of...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Associated Press published an article entitled “Libya arrests suspected Christian missionaries” about four Egyptians that were arrested by Libyan authorities, accused of proselytizing and distributing Christian books. Husayn Bin Hamīd, spokesman of Libyan Police, said that the four detainee...
Date of source: Saturday, March 9, 2013
Ahram Online had published on March 9, 2013 an article entitled“Kom Ombo's missing Muslim woman returns home”. Below is the full text of the article:
Date of source: Monday, March 11, 2013
Al-Misrīyūn translated Agence France-Presse’s article entitled“Protesters burn Christian homes in Pakistan“about Christian houses burned by Muslim protesters in Pakistan.
Date of source: Sunday, March 10, 2013
John Faraj, a Christian ironing-man, puts Quranic verses beside Virgin Mary’s picture on the front of his shop and a sticker on top of them that says: “Muslim and Christian..One hand”. That is how John expressed the love between Muslims and Christians in Egypt. These feelings will be understood...
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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.