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Date of source: Sunday, August 18, 2013
Interim President Adlī Mansūr has issued a decree to put the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on the Egyptian List of Terrorist Organizations and to put on trial everyone before a military court, who is proven a member of the organization. Furthermore, assets and offices of the MB inside Egypt shall be...
Date of source: Saturday, August 24, 2013
The human rights organization Human Rights Watch has urged Egyptian authorities to provide protection to Christian churches, organizations, and property and called on Islamists not to incite sectarian violence. The organization has blamed the authorities for not protecting Christians, especially as...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
I have read much about passive resistance, and I have studied the history of persecution which the Copts suffered under the Romans, and how they were able to overthrow the yoke of the Empire with passive resistance. The Copts lost half of their members to persecution at the hands of the Romans, so...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Bishop Ramiya, General Bishop and President of the Coptic Cultural Center, announced on behalf of the Orthodox Church the Church’s first assessment of attacks on Copts and churches by the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies since last Wednesday (August 14), up to the day before yesterday (August 19...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 27, 2013
U.S. Senators have submitted a new bill for better protection of Copts and other religious minority’s rights in Egypt and the Middle East (also known as the Special Envoy Bill).
Republican Senator, Roy Blunt, handed in the bill together with a number of other notable Congress members from both...
Date of source: Monday, August 19, 2013
Al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyah released a statement (August 18) in which it called upon the wise people in the Egyptian community as well as the human rights organizations to intervene to stop the massacres. News about the massacres security forces are committing against those jailed in Abū Za’bal prison...
Date of source: Thursday, August 22, 2013
Pope Tawadros II ordered the muting of the Cathedral bells for eight weeks. His decision is a consequence of the tensions in Egypt since General 'Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī deposed president Muhammad Morsi (Mursī) on July 3. Pope Tawadros II backed al-Sīsī on that day. There were a number of indications...
Date of source: Friday, August 23, 2013
Egyptian churches celebrated (August 22) the Feast of the Virgin Mary despite the present state of security in the country, and despite rumors relating to the targeting of churches and monasteries. Archbishop Sergius said in a statement to al-Wafd that churches all over Egypt held evening prayers...
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated yesterday (June 1) the memory of the journey of the Holy Family to Egypt. The Church held the service at Abū Sirjah Church in in Old Cairo. The ceremony was attended by several political figures, including ‘Amr Mūsá, leader of the Conference party, as well as...
Date of source: Saturday, May 18, 2013
Nizār Ghurāb, a lawyer from al-Jamā’ah al-Islāmīyyah, filed a report at the Council of State to demand the Azhar Fatwá Committee and the Ifta House (Dār al-Iftā’) to issue a fatwá prohibiting cartoonists from ridiculing the sanctity of Islam and Islamic law (Husayn ‘Umrān, al-Misrīyūn, May 18, p. 5...
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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.