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Date of source: Thursday, April 26, 2018
This article was written with the purpose of exploring the overlapping interests between MISEREOR & CIDT/CAWU, which, in my view, explains the many years of cooperation between MISEREOR & CIDT/CAWU. This paper provides a brief overview of both parties, their goals and achievements, and...
Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2012
A group of Coptic movements, which groups Christian and Muslim activists, protested outside parliament to condemn the forced displacement of Christian families from al-'Āmrīyah and acts of violence in the village of Mīt Bashār in al-Sharqia governorate.
"The Coptic Coalition Movement and other...
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2012 to Sunday, April 15, 2018
Local residents said they will confront any attempts to spark sectarian troubles as Salafīs formed a security cordon alongside the policemen to protect the church and to make sure that no Copts or any of their houses or property come under attack.
Some locals had rushed to the church on the belief...
Date of source: Monday, January 7, 2013
Dr. Al-Sayyīd al-Badawī Shihātah, leader of al-Wafd Party, extended his congratulations to the Copts and Pope Tawadros, praising the spirit of love that unites all Egyptian Muslims and Christians into one fabric threaded together by their loyalty and keenness to preserve the safety of their country...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 to Wednesday, April 4, 2018
A fact-finding commission sent by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) to investigate the sectarian unrest in the troubled district of al-'Āmrīyah, Alexandria, revealed that the Christian families forced to leave their homes and property after clashes over a purported love affair...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
The People's Assembly's Human Rights Committee refused forced displacement of some persons from their original residential areas on the grounds that it violates human rights principles.
The committee, during a meeting held by chairman Muhammad Anwar 'Ismat al-Sadāt to discuss the urgent statement...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 to Sunday, April 1, 2018
Salafīs have saved the village of Sharbāt, al-Nahdāh neighborhood, in the western Alexandria district of al-'Āmrīyah, from a conflagration that could have consumed everyone in its way, said the spokesman for the Salafī al-Nūr (Light) Party, the second largest in the Egyptian parliament.
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2012 to Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, called for establishing a council for Egyptian churches to be tasked with negotiating with the new regime to achieve Copts’ demands, stressing unity of Christian denominations to seek solutions for Coptic problems, including the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2018
On February 17, 2018, Arab-West Report sent a delegation of interns to Qufāda, a village in Maghāgha, al-Minīa, to inquire into the outstanding relationship between its Christian and Muslim population. We interviewed two religious leaders, Abūna [Father] Yuʾannas, the priest of Qufāda’s Coptic...
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, announced the launching of a satellite channel which, according to him, would be popularly accepted by Egyptians who trust in the moderate stance of The Azhar body.
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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.