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Date of source: Sunday, August 14, 2011
The founder of the secular Free Egyptians Party, Coptic businessman Naguib Sawiris, accused Islamist movements of hijacking the Egyptian revolution.
The remark was made by Sawiris on Saturday during a speech at the seventh meeting of the Arab and International Relations Council in Kuwait. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Volkhard Windfuhr [read his biography here], Cairo correspondent for Der Spiegel (German weekly magazine), said in an interview with al-Akhbār that he had sensed a change in former President Husnī Mubārak since 2004.
In 2002, Windfuhr started to sense anxiety and tension in the community close to...
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, July 31, 2011
Coptic activists and organizations say that they refuse to transform the Egyptian revolution into a religious one, criticizing the Islamists that dominated Tahrīr Square on Friday. Speaking to Al-Misrī Al-Yawm on Saturday, the activists voiced their intentions to fight for a civil state that...
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2011
Voices of protesters swept the streets after Friday prayers in Upper Egypt, as Muslimas and Christians joined together in showing their anger at the government's inaction regarding deposed leaders and corruption charges. Led by Muslim clerics and Christian leaders, one protester pointed out that...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Al-Jamā'ah al-Islāmīyah handed its documents to establish its political party al-Binā' wa al-Tanmīyah (Reconstruction and Development) to the Political Parties' Affairs Committee.
'Isām Dirbālah, the head of the group's Shurā Council, said that there are a lot of women and Copts among founders of...
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2011
Five-thousands Copts from the Maspero Youth Coalition organized a march from the Supreme Court to al-Tahrīr Square to join the demonstrators.
They affirmed that they did not receive any instructions from the church to do this.
Protesters arrived before Friday prayers and protected Muslim...
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2011
CAIRO: Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court ruled on Sunday in favor of Christian reconverts, allowing them to be identified as Christians on their national ID cards and birth certificates.
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2011
Egyptian authorities have controlled a sectarian clash that began Thursday night and continued until dawn on Friday in Qolosna village in Minia Governorate.
Date of source: Thursday, June 23, 2011
During the visit by Nigerian Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye to Egypt on June 12-17 to hold a workshop titled Sectarianism, Dialogue and Tolerance, in association with the Center for Intercultural Dialogue and Translation (CIDT), a meeting was arranged for them with Bishop Yuhannā Qultah...
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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.