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Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2011
Both Christians and Muslims have strongly condemned the New Year's day attack in Alexandria that killed 21 people and injured 70 others outside the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter.
Father Mattá of the Great Martyr Mār Girgis Church in Manshiyyat al-Sadr, Cairo stressed the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 2, 2011
President Husnī Mubārak called upon Egypt's Muslims and Christians to unite against terrorism, after a car bomb killed 21 people and injured 70 outside the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria. Christians immediately protested in the streets after the blasts. Mubārak...
Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2010
Tāhā Rāshid, a Muslim musician, has composed a hymn for Christmas entitled, ‘Īd al-Mīlād. Rāshid says the song is meant as a thank-you gift for his Christian friends.
Rāshid was raised in a Catholic school in Alexandria and developed his composing talents through his upbringing in Christian schools...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Jayson Casper considers the attack in Alexandria and the resulting sectarian demonstrations which arose in its wake. He explores some of the contextual issues and finds hope in an interfaith effort promoted by a dialogue group in the city. Even so, efforts to find meaning in the tragedy must go...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman says that the government, Muslims, and Christians need to work together to address the growing sectarian tension in Egypt in order to prevent future attacks, such as the the New Year's Day bombing of a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, which left 21 dead and...
Date of source: Sunday, December 19, 2010
Egypt's Minister of Legal Affairs, Dr. Mufīd Shihāb, hosted a party at the Syrian Club in Alexandria last Friday in which he denied all rumours of fitnah tā’ifīyah in Egypt.
He said that all talks of such tensions are but rumors aimed to break Egypt’s firm stability between its people of both...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
The al-Wafd Party candidate in Qalyubia said that it is essential for a parliamentary representative to pressure the government into fulfilling his district’s needs. Muná Makram ‘Ubayd also said that Qalyubia is a perfect example of Egyptian national unity. Bishop Marqus praised Qalyubia governor ‘...
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 2010
Dr. Mahmūd al-Saqā, the al-Wafd Party candidate for the Duqqī and ‘Ajūzah district in Cairo, embarked on an electoral tour around the district, during which he visited the Bishop Antonius Church. Al-Saqā says he was surprised by statements made by the NDP candidate for the same district, Āmāl ‘...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Qena Governor Majdī Ayyūb and popular council leader Nabīl al-Hifnī attended the annual Mār Girgis Day celebrations along with over 5,000 attendees. Ayyūb said that these types of celebrations are the biggest evidence of Egyptian national unity.
Key Words: Qena – Majdī Ayyūb – Nabīl al-Hifnī
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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.