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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...
Date of source: Friday, October 28, 2011
Copts are now anticipated to have a bigger change in the upcoming parliamentary elections, the first elections after the revolution, because the former regime was behind their non-existence on the political chess board.
However, a large number of Copts had joined the Egyptian bloc list which...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
The European Parliament (EP) issued the "Joint Motion for Resolution" document that condemns the attack on Coptic protesters in Maspero incidents on October 9, 2011 along with EP condemntion for other violent acts against Christian communities in the Arab world.
Date of source: Monday, October 24, 2011
Copts in Egypt, according to a Civil Registry Department official citing birth certificates and National ID cards, are 20 million.
Date of source: Thursday, October 20, 2011
The issues of Christians census and construction of churches in Egypt and whether there is need for more to be built pop up every now and then, both are key problems that caused sectarian tension during the past ten years.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, vice-president of the Coptic Evangelical Church, and General Director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), denied that Copts are persecuted in Egypt and added that the ousted president's regime ignited sectarian tension.
Furthermore, he believes...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 11, 2011
AWR intern Lamis Yehya and I went to Mārīnāb on October 1, only hours after the church burning and before the investigation committee had arrived. I believe this article provides an excellent record of what has happened. It appears to be based on the report of a fact-finding commission that...
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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.