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Date of source: Thursday, September 4, 2014
Pope Tawadros II stated that Egypt has started a new era through a new constitution and a new president.
Date of source: Friday, August 8, 2014
President ‘Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī has assured that preparations are underway to carry out the parliamentary elections.
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2014
The preliminary results of the presidential election vote count indicate that Abd al- Fattah al- Sīsī has won with a landslide. Al-Yawm al-Sābi’ states that 92.9% of the votes went to al- Sīsī, 3% to Sabāhī and 4.1% were invalid votes. Read original text in Arabic here.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Hāttim Anān, brother of General Sāmi ‘Anān, former Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, stated that he is holding negotiations with some of the heads of the Sufī orders to support his brother in the forthcoming parliamentary elections (Alī Kamāl, al- Shurūq, Aug 5, p. 3).
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Bishop Bola of Tanta has cast his vote in the constitutional referendum. He assured that the Egyptians are sending a message to Sisi through the referendum. Bishop Bola also added that it is a message to the foreign countries that what happened in Egypt is not a coup and that this referendum is...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
The announced government lineup has augmented Copts’ agonies after the percentage of standard representation of Copts in the successive governments in Egypt – at least two ministers – was reduced.
The government of Hishām Qandīl does not have any Coptic presence except Nādyah Zakhārī, the minister...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Al-Misrī al-Yawm obtained lists circulating in the wings at the presidency concerning the government and the presidential team lineup.
According to these speculative lists, the government’s lineup will include leaders of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), political figures and a number of youths...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
“The center, concerned with Coptic affairs, emphasizes that the elected president is one of all Egyptians and that ballot boxes bring about legitimacy and this is must be respected by everyone as this is the one of the most important rules of democracy,” said ECDSHR Chairman Joseph Malāk.
The...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Al-Azhar appealed in a message to Mursī to be president of all Egyptians and to always remember that he is responsible for the protection of all their rights by respecting equality and citizenship and working on solving the pressing problems suffered by the people, Muslims and Christians alike. [...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
A statement by the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt and abroad congratulated Mursī over “winning the Egyptian people’s trust in the presidential election,” expressing confidence that Mursī will work on maintaining the nation’s higher interests and unity of all its groups. [Muḥammad Ḥijāb, al-Ahrām,...
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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.