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Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Wednesday's Egyptian newspaper coverage of the Alexandria church bombing focuses on speculation regarding who may be behind the attack. But some are accusing the Egyptian media of competing to identify the responsible party, according to AWR's Hānī Hamdī...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Thousands of Egyptian Muslims and Christians joined together in Cairo to protest and condemn the attack against the Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter on New Year's Day. They also called for national unity and solidarity. Similar protests also took place in other Egyptian cities....
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
Diyā’ Rashwān, a researcher at al-Ahrām Center for Political and Strategic Studies, gives special attention in al-Shurūq to the stylistic features of the terrorist attack outside the Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria.
According to Rashwān, the bombing carries the...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
This article from the Egyptian Gazette affirms that those responsible for the heinous attack outside the Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria must be brought to justice. The bomb killed 21 innocent worshippers on New Year's Day, its aim allegedly to aggravate religious...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
Egyptian newspapers have been hinting at the prospect of a civil war after the suicide bomber blew himself up outside the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria.
Clashes and protests by Christians erupted after the attack, and many say that these types of incidents could...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
An angry television viewer suggested that Muslims demonstrate solidarity with their Coptic compatriots by protecting the nation's churches on January 7, the day Copts celebrate Christmas.
The article claims that since the New Year's Day attack was aimed to destabilize the country and its unity,...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has accused the former chief of the UN nuclear watchdog, Muḥammad al-Barād‘ī, of exploiting the Alexandria church bombing to achieve political gains.
Al-Barād‘ī is not only being criticized for politicizing the blast, but also for criticizing the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Following the atrocity in Alexandria, many Christians have responded with angry demonstrations and violence. Though an understandable reaction, AWR's Jayson Casper proposes an idea for Christmas Eve that can unite Christians with the very security forces they are rallying against…
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
Facebook has quickly become one of the most popular ways to denounce the deadly blast outside the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope Peter in Alexandria. Several new groups have been set up on the social networking site to announce public mourning over the attack.
One of these groups...
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2011
As a consequence of the suicide bombing that killed 21 people and injured nearly 100 in Alexandria, Egyptian authorities have tightened security around churches. Meanwhile, seven people were questioned about the New year's Day attack outside the the Church of the Two Saints, Saint Mark and Pope...
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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.