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Date of source: Friday, September 18, 2009
Dr. Hālah Mustafá, editor-in-chief of al-Dimuqrātīyah magazine is subjected to a barrage of criticism after receiving the Israeli ambassador in her office in al-Ahrām. However, she believes that her act was not against the general orientations of the Egyptian State.
Date of source: Friday, September 18, 2009
’Copts for Egypt’ called for a Coptic strike on September 11, 2009 to protest against anti-Coptic behavior in Egypt. While some people considered the strike to be a failure, others hailed it as a successful protest by Copts who could express their rejection of persecution.
Date of source: Sunday, September 20, 2009
Press review based on: Al-Wafd, September 20, 2009 (p. 7); Al-Miṣrī al-Yawm, September 19, 2009 (p. 3); Al-Dustūr, September 18, 2009 (p. 1), September 19, 2009 (p. 14), September 21, 2009 (p. 12);
An armed man stabs a Coptic man to death in a village in Munūfīyah, and continues on his...
Date of source: Saturday, July 4, 2009
The Coptic public protests in Saint Mark Cathedral in
Cairo against the papal decision to defrock Father Bula of al-Balyannā. The defrocking decision seems to have created
considerable controversy.
Date of source: Friday, July 3, 2009
The State Award of Merit in Social Sciences was bestowed on secular thinker Sayyid al-Qimnī. The prize created
controversy in different Egyptian milieus and angered Islamists.
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Pope Shenouda III assigned Father Sirgius as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate deputy for administrative affairs, entrusting him with the patriarchate stamp that was previously with Bishop Yu’annis. Some sources interpreted the incident as a step in the gradual withdrawing of power from Bishop Yu’...
Date of source: Monday, July 6, 2009
The Egyptian press shed light on two sectarian clashes that took place in two different villages. The first one took place in ‘Izbat Girgis upon Muslims’ protests against Christians’ prayers in a house close to a mosque, and the other inKafr al-Barbarī where a Muslim man was killed in clashes with...
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Pope Shenouda’s support for Jamāl Mubārak as the next president of Egypt has been met with a barrage of criticism. Copts declared that Pope Shenouda’s opinion in this response does not reflect that of all Copts. Copts United Web site conducted a survey that showed that the vast majority of Copts do...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Bishop Bīshūy, secretary general of the Holy Synod declared that the current conflict between the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Church was said to have started when a young man discovered the alleged Protestant plan to promulgate in the Coptic Orthodox Church on a computer belonging to...
Date of source: Thursday, July 2, 2009
A conflict over the price of a soft drink bottle resulted in a sectarian clash in an Egyptian
village. A Muslim man was killed and the villagers attacked Christians’ houses in the village for revenge.
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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.