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Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2017
The center for Coptic Studies at the Library of Alexandria has organized, today (Thursday), an annual day of Coptic Heritage. The Day of Coptic Heritage is organized in cooperation with the administration of private projects inside the Library, in the headquarters of Bayt al-Sanārī in...
Date of source: Thursday, March 10, 2011
A lot of documents from the State Security Intelligence of Egypt are appearing everywhere. However, their source is often uncertain, as is their reliability. The documents deal with the monitoring of political life in Egypt, the media and the judiciary by the SSI. Other memos are more controversial...
Date of source: Thursday, January 20, 2011
The article at hand reports on the Alexandria church attack investigations, naming previously unknown details of the attack and listing suspects who were detained or questioned by the police. It is emphasized that no one (including al-Qā’idah) declared responsibility for the attack.
The article...
Date of source: Thursday, January 13, 2011
This article reports that the perpetrators of the recent attack on the "Two Saints Church" in Alexandria are still unknown, despite rigorous investigations. The article notes that the nature of the explosion made it difficult to pull uncontaminated evidence from the scene of the crime.
Meanwhile,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
Expressing anger and solidarity after the attack at the Church of Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria, protests have been held in cities across the countriy, some of them witnessing clashes with security forces.
Many protest were peaceful, but angry demonstrations also took...
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2011
The article tells the story of a woman who was celebrating the New Year with her famiily, when her building, close to the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, began to shake.
The next thing she saw was the church in flames and the road covered with bodies. An hour after the blast,...
Date of source: Friday, November 5, 2010
Muhammad talks about the reaction to al-Qā‘idah’s threats against Copts. He points out how the government has implemented a comprehensive enhancement of security measures in churches around the country at a time when two major Coptic festivals are set to be held, one of which is expected to attract...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Ākhir Sā‘ah interviews Dr.
Talāl ‘Īd,
the director of the Religious Affairs Islamic Institute of Boston, about the
situation of Muslim communities
in the United States.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Dr. Jason Thompson, history professor at AUC, emphasizes the
role
that orientalists have played in intercultural understanding.
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.