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Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2012
A young Copt, Kyrillos ‘Ayyād, sat on the ground inside the St. Mark Cathedral carrying a large photo of Shaykh ‘Imād ‘Iffat, who was killed in the recent incidents off the cabinet office in downtown Cairo, during the visit of Dr. Tayyīb, Muftī of the Republic Dr. ‘Alī Jum’ah and Minister of Awqāf...
Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2012
“Muslims and Christians in the East make a united national fabric. Past dictatorial and despotic regimes have harmed both Muslims and Christians,” Dr. Tayyīb said during a meeting with Patriarch Gregory III Laham of the Church of Antioch on January 5.
The top Sunni Muslim cleric also appealed to...
Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2012
Interior Minister Maj. General Muhammad Ibrāhīm said a plan was hammered out in coordination with the armed forces to secure all churches nationwide during the Coptic Christmas celebrations.
“The plan, more like the one operated to secure the People’s Assembly (parliament) elections, envisages the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Furthermore, Pope Shenouda, in an interview to al-Akhbār on the occasion of the Coptic Christmas on January 7, said Egypt has never known fanaticism, adding all groups within the society must come together as united entity for the good of the nation through amity and sound understanding.
“There is...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Meanwhile, the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy approved in a meeting on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, amendments to the law on the Azhar, including the retirement of the Grand Shaykh at the age of 80 or upon his request.
Grand Shaykh Dr. Tayyīb, during the three-hour session, was in favor to have...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation (ILBRR) said that Muslims should not congratulate non-Muslims on their religious occasions but approved congratulations to non-Muslims over worldly affairs like the birth of a child, marriage or condolences. [‘Abd al-Rahman Abū ‘Awf, al-Dustūr,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
On the other hand, political parties traded accusations on the second day of the third round of Egypt’s People’s Assembly elections on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, as leaflets handed out in the western Egypt governorate of Mersa Matrouh judged that anyone voting for the liberal Egyptian Bloc would...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III received Shaykh Tayyīb at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, where Tayyīb and a delegation of Azhar scholars offered greetings for the Copts of Egypt and the Pope over the Coptic Christmas on January 7.
Dr. Tayyīb expressed hope that...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Minister of Interior Muhammad Ibrāhīm sent a congratulatory cable to Pope Shenouda on the occasion of the Coptic Christmas.
Ibrāhīm sent similar cables to Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī, Head of the Evangelical Community Council in Egypt, and senior ministry officials, officers, constables, conscripts and...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Al-Azhar vehemently rejected the setting up of a so-called Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), asserting that the top Sunni Muslim establishment is the only Muslim reference concerned with religious affairs in Egypt. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Jan. 5, p. 14...
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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.