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Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2011
A state of anger prevailed among Copts due the few Coptic candidates on parties’ slates, although there are big parties founded by Copts. However, the total number of candidates does not exceed 120 candidates.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Last May, I wrote an article in this very place entitled "Copts…Please stand steadfast" when I recognized that many Egyptian Christians increasingly have the feeling that they have become strangers in their own country and that their lives are no longer secure enough.
Date of source: Thursday, October 6, 2011
Dr. Sa‘d al-Dīn Ibrāhīm, the director of Ibn Khaldoun Center, emphasized that he asked for a parliamentary quota, ranging between 15 percent and 20 percent for Copts. “Pope Shenouda stood against the idea and told me "We are not a minority and we not need a quota for Copts,” Ibrāhīm added.
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2011
The Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria estimated the Copts' participation in Egypt's first parliamentary elections after the January 25 revolution at more than 70% of the total Coptic population, terming the figure as "unprecedented in the history of the church".
"Copts have practically...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Many people negatively judge the Coptic love and loyalty towards Egypt. They claim that the Copts are more comparable on the cultural and mood level to the Western Christianity than to Egypt and the Arab world. There is, for example, a tradition applied here up till now which is the absence of the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
A report by the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization reports the migration of nearly 100,000 Copts since last March 19. Najīb Jubrā'īl, head of the organization, expects the number reaches 250,000 by the end of 2011 if the migration continues at the same pace, which threatens the...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 9, 2011
A total of 70 Copts nationwide have decided to run in the forthcoming presidential elections, a figure almost the same as those who used to run in elections during the past 30 years.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2011
PVV spokesman for Foreign Affairs, Raymond de Roon, MP for the party of Geert Wilders, published on October 11th a blacklist of “Islamic Violence Against Christians in Egypt in 2011”. This list is a simplified version of what was previously published in (internet) publications in the West—many of...
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2011
Contents I. Jansen’s argument: Copts are killed when they violate the Shari’a II. My comment: Jansen should have mentioned the general lack of security in Egypt III. Jansen does not know about the construction of new churches in recent years IV. Does the Shari’a prohibit the building of churches...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Journalist Muhammad al-Baz recently caused a stir by claiming in al-Fajr, October 20-24, that a Civil Registry Department official cited on the basis of birth certificates and National ID cards that the number of Coptic Christians (of all denominations) is at 17 million in Egypt and 3 million...
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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.