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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: Thursday, September 12, 2013
Pope Tawadros II has welcomed the President of the Constituent Assembly , ‘Amr Mūsá, in St. Mark’s Cathedral. Church sources told Middle East News Agency that the meeting took place in the Pope’s headquarters in the Cathedral at the end of the weekly sermon of the Pope. The sources explained that...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 11, 2013
European Parliament in Brussels has approved the official request of the Dutch Coptic Organization for a special hearing session with a number of Coptic leaders abroad on the first of October. This comes together with hearings before parliamentarians in several European countries. The appointments...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 10, 2013
The three churches have agreed to allocate their delegates in the Constituent Assembly in the different sub-committees. Meanwhile, the Maspero Youth Union Organization has proposed to the assembly to implement a quota system for Copts in parliamentary law and to reserve a seat for a Copt from every...
Date of source: Thursday, September 5, 2013
The American organization, Open Doors, ranked Egypt as 25 among the world countries where Christians are persecuted, in 2013. It stated that it already collected 430,000 dollars in order to rebuild the burned churches and houses destroyed by extremists.
The American Center for Law and Justice...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 4, 2013
In general, the three Churches welcome the composition of the Constituent Assembly. This expresses their hope for a better outcome in the interest of the nation. Father Anthony Aziz, representative for the Catholic Church, expressed his satisfaction with the composition. He pointed out that the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Representatives of the Egyptian Churches have collectively welcomed the balanced and impartial composition of the “Assembly of the Fifty” for drafting a constitution. Dr. Rev. Safwāt al-Bayādī stated that they want a constitution that is based on consensus. Sūzī Nāshid, the representative of the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 1, 2013
Pope Tawadros broke his silence talking about recent events in Egypt with the foreign TV channel, Russia Today. He said that there are many causes that have accumulated over time for what is happening in Egypt, but that the most important cause is the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) administration’s...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Despite the destruction of the churches and their contents at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood and their allies following the dispersal of Rāba’ah and Nahdah sits-in, the Copts of Asyut hung banners on the church’s walls calling for tolerance and peace. The banners read, “We forgive,” “God...
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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.