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Date of source: Sunday, August 28, 2011
Egyptians against Discrimination, an advocacy group that fights discrimination among Egyptian citizens on any basis, has issued a statement that expresses solidarity with the Coptic student Bishūy Zāri' 'Abd al-Hanūn.
Bishūy is a student at South Valley University, whose Dean and Deputy Dean...
Date of source: Friday, August 19, 2011
The three Egyptian Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches praised the document issued by the Azhar and expressed appreciation for the "national role" played by the Azhar institution to "mend the rift" among the political factions.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Dr. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, welcomed Dr. Alī Jum‘ah (Dr.), Muftī of the republic of Egypt, to Lambeth Palace in the U.K., as they discussed various pertinent issues such as the situation in Egypt since the January 25 Revolution. The Archbishop expressed his appreciation of...
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: 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: Monday, June 27, 2011
Security agencies in Sohag governorate managed to restore tranquility to the troubled village of Awlād Khalaf, where violent clashes with gunfire broke out between Muslims and Christians after a Copt embarked resuming the construction of a church without license.
Differences between Muslims and...
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...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Supreme Administrative Court set the July 2 session to resume considering the case of re-converters to Christianity.
A number of Copts had converted to Islam and later converted back to Christianity and asked the interior ministry to have their personal information proving their Christian, not...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Lawyer Najīb Jabrā’īl said his client Kāmīliyā Shihātah will not appear in the June 14, 2011 session at the State Council’s Administrative Judiciary Court in a case filed to demand that her whereabouts are disclosed.
“I expect the court to turn down the case and close it once and for all on the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 15, 2011
More than one thousand Copts protested on June 14, 2011, in Minya demonstrating the kidnapping of Nancy Majdī Fathī, 14-years-old, and Christina 'Izzat Fathī, 17-years-old, after they attended prayers on Sunday, June 12, 2011.
Residents of the village said that the two girls went out on Sunday,...
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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.