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Date of source: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
A number of youths from revolutionary and political powers organized a sit-in in al-Sharqia governorate, in front of the governorate’s office building and Zagazig culture palace, to commemorate the death of the martyr Mīnā Daniel (Dānīyāl) (Author’s note: Egyptian activist killed on October 9, 2011...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 23, 2013
The three Churches are busily preparing a detailed memorandum on the proposed constitutional amendments, to be presented to the Constitutional Amendment Committee. The Coptic Orthodox Church proposed to amend Article 3 of the Constitution in order to ensure that non-Muslims may refer to their own...
Date of source: Friday, July 19, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II dismissed Coptic Orthodox Bishop Bishoy (Bīshūy) of Kafr Al-Shaykh and Damietta from being in charge of the Diocese of al-Mahallah after the resignation of its Bishop, Mattias in 2005. Pope Tawadros appointed Archpriest Seraphim, deputy of Qūs Diocese, as deputy of...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 17, 2013
A young Christian wife was kidnapped by an unknown assailants in the city of al-'Arīsh in Sinai. Her husband went to Saint Mark Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsīyyah district of Cairo to escalate the matter and for security apparatuses to act and return his wife.
One of the neighbors claimed that the family...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, head of the media committee at the Coptic Orthodox Church, denied closing the Cathedral and/or holding its activities because of the state of lawlessness after June 30 demonstrations. Instructions were made only to reduce activities, services and...
Date of source: Monday, July 15, 2013
Al-Minya governorate is witnessing a state of lawlessness, kidnappings, and thuggery after the eruption of the June 30th demonstrations. Security patrols have intensified in different places across the governorate, however, kidnappings and killings of Coptic citizens continue to terrorize the...
Date of source: Friday, July 12, 2013
The Orthodox Church officially presented a legal memorandum to Egypt’s interim executive office regarding its objections to the constitutional declaration. The memo states that the Church understands the transitional nature of the declaration and its difference from the suspended constitution in...
Date of source: Monday, August 26, 2013
AWR interns, Ahmed Deiab and Daniela De Maria, sat with film director, Amir Ramses, at his home in Dokki on August 14 to discuss his documentary film, "Jews of Egypt". Deiab and De Maria noted that he was very kind and welcoming despite having a flight to France the following morning. Ramses...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
Dr. Safwat Hegazy explained when, in his view, violence can be used: anyone can kill President Bashar al-Assad (Bashār al-Asad) because of his crimes against humanity. Also Israeli soldiers can be targeted since they are at war with Palestinians. This was prior to President Mursi’s removal from...
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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.