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Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2011
For their part, the Coptic youth movement Maspero Youth issued a statement in which it declared its deep concern at the dominion of the Islamist currents. They revealed their total discontent with the raising of the Saudi flag by the Islamists, and said they were fully prepared to defend the option...
Date of source: Sunday, August 7, 2011
In 1992, Mounir Saad, an Egyptian economist and editor-in-chief of Arab Business Report magazine, was meeting with the president of Austria when one of the president’s aides barged into the office, claiming that a major earthquake had just struck Cairo. The president replied by ordering a cable of...
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2011
“Through the past years, Copts faced many problems in practicing their religious rites due to the minimal number of churches in many places” says Īhab Ramzī, the author of the article.
Date of source: Sunday, July 31, 2011
Coptic activists are against turning the Egyptian Revolution into a religious issue for Islamists took over Tahrir Square last Friday, during a protest. There were no agreements among different political groups before the protests.
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2011
The Egyptian Orthodox, Evangelical and Catholic churches said on Thursday that all Egyptian Christians are free to participate in demonstrations, calling on Muslims and Christians to put the interests of the country above all other considerations.
Date of source: Friday, February 4, 2011
The Coptic Youth Movement confirmed the participation of thousands of Coptic Christians in Friday's “Day of Departure” demonstrations, held to demand that President Husnī Mubārak resign immediately. Copts taking part in the demonstrations came from several districts of Cairo, including Shubra, Ain...
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
Months after the Alexandria “Two Saints Church” bombing in January, the Coptic Church is threatening to sue the Interior Ministry which it claims has failed to produce those responsible and bring justice. Despite sending many requests to the Ministry regarding the bombing which killed 24 people,...
Date of source: Friday, July 8, 2011
The Maspero Youth Union announced their participation in Friday’s Revolution First, which will be via a march from Shubrā after Friday prayers to Tahrīr Square, where they will stage a sit-in.
The spokesman for the union, Rāmī Kāmil, announced their participation in Friday’s Revolution First...
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2011
The Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court ruled on July 3 that Christians who had converted to Islam but now wish to return to Christianity can be identified again as Christians on their national identification cards. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman says that the decision is an important step...
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2011
It is hard to estimate the number of Coptic Christians living abroad since Western countries do not register migrants and citizens by religion. Yet in the discussion about the total number of Copts and the effect of migration on the church in Egypt, one needs to be able to make an estimate. The...
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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.