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Date of source: Monday, August 5, 2013
Al-Minya
Two nights ago (August 4) 17 people got wounded during clashes erupted among Muslims and Copts in the village of Banī ‘Āhmad al-Sharqīa al-Tābi’a and that extended to the village of Rīda, both in the governorate of al-Minya. Eyewitnesses reported that the events broke out because of a...
Date of source: Sunday, August 4, 2013
On Saturday night (Aug. 3), hundreds of supporters of deposed president, Muhammad Morsi (Mursī) protested in front of the Saint George's Church (Mār Jirjis) in Sūhag, hanging the flag of [the militant Islamist organization] al-Qaeda on it and chanting the slogan “Islamist (state) against all...
Date of source: Saturday, August 3, 2013
In the village of Dilja, Minya governorate, Coptic churches and houses were targets of assaults by supporters of the deposed President. Father Ayub Yusuf (Ayūb Yūsif), pastor of the Coptic-Catholic St. George Church in Dilja, said that hundreds of Morsi's (Mursī) supporters knocked violently on...
Date of source: Friday, August 2, 2013
Anbā' Mūsā, Bishop of Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church, received on Thursday, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle, in the Pope’s headquarter, the ʿAbbāsīyyah Cathedral and on behalf of Pope Tawadros II. Anbā' Mūsā stated that during the meeting the Coptic Church affirmed...
Date of source: Thursday, August 1, 2013
Dr. Shaūkī ‘Alām, the Grand Muftī, confirmed that Egypt is a religious country and that the Egyptians chose to give religion a role in public affairs. He added that the Islamic character of the state is an identity issue. He stressed that this should not reduce the role of the modern state that...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 31, 2013
The Coptic Evangelical Church rejected the idea of amending the 2012 Constitution and instead demanded the writing of a new constitution. The Church requested that the new constitution ensures the state's civil identity establishes a democratic country through a clear definition of political,...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 30, 2013
On Thursday July 25, AWR Editor-in-Chief, Cornelis Hulsman, invited me and the other interns to take part to a very peculiar experience: joining him in his interview with Safwat Hegazi, a leading Islamist.
Date of source: Monday, July 29, 2013
“The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is spreading rumors that the Egyptian Coptic Christians are the reason for Muhammad Mursī's downfall, therefore Copts have begun to live under threats of the slogan 'Christians are Allah's enemies.'” Other hostile slogans aimed at the Coptic Christians include "Sharī’ah...
Date of source: Friday, July 26, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Father Bishoy (Bīshūy) Hilmī, general secretary of the Egyptian Council of Churches, said that “the Army and people are one hand” (i.e. are united) yesterday (July 25) in a statement that confirmed his support to every point in the speech of Col. Gen. ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī,...
Date of source: Thursday, July 25, 2013
Egyptian Churches welcomed the invitation of Col. Gen. ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, as well as Minister of Defense, for Egyptians to assemble in several squares next Friday (July 26) to authorize the Army to fight terrorism that has spread over the...
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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.