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Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
The churches in the governorate of al-Qalyubia, namely those in Banhā and Shubrā al-Khaymah, witnessed a large number of visiting politicians and candidates in the parliamentary elections to offer congratulations for the Christians on New Year’s Eve. [Ahmad ‘Abd al-Karīm, Al-Akhbār, Jan. 2, p. 8]
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2012
On the other hand, Maj. General al-Sayyīd al-Bura’ī, Asyut Governor, expressed his sorrow over the recent incidents that erupted in Asyut when a Christian student called Jamāl ‘Abdu Mas’ūd published images that defame Islam on his social networking media Facebook page.
[A report of the same...
Date of source: Sunday, January 1, 2012
On the other hand, Pope Shenouda delegated General Bishop Yu’annis to lead the Mass to mourn the victims of the blast that took place outside the Two Saints Church, Saint Mark and Pope Peter, in Alexandria, which left 24 killed and 90 others wounded. [Rāmī Yāsīn and Ashraf Sādiq, Al-Ahrām, Jan. 1,...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
Thousands of citizens celebrated the New Year’s Eve in the landmark central Cairo al-Tahrīr Square, sang songs of patriotic sentiments, and chanted slogans against the military’s continuity in power. [Karīmah Hassan, Sūzān ‘Ātif and Muhammad Ra’fat, Al-Misrī al-Yawm, Jan. 2, p. 3]
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
The ‘urfī (conciliatory) council of the elders of Muslims and Copts in Asyut governorate managed to restore calm to al-‘Adar on the third day of sectarian incidents in the village and some other neighboring villages, sparked after a Coptic high school student has reportedly published cartoons...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
On the other hand, ‘Imād ‘Abd al-Ghafūr, the leader of al-Nūr Party, said that the Egyptian society would not accept a Copt as president of the republic, adding Article 2 of the Constitution, which stipulates that the official religion of the state is Islam, automatically requires that the...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
Life came back to normal in the villages of al-‘Adar, Sallām and Manqabād in Asyut after days of violence and clashes between Muslims and Copts.
Maj. General Ya’qūb Hassan, Secretary-General of the Upper Egyptian governorate, paid a visit to the Manqabād Secondary School, in which the accused...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
A large number of candidates running in the third round of the parliamentary elections paid visits to the church to congratulate it over the New Year while candidates of the Salafī al-Nūr Party refrained.
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, refused to meet any candidates, adding that the...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
Egyptian churches celebrated the New Year on December 31, 2011 as priests prayed for the stability and peace of Egypt.
Dozens of activists and young people were outside the Two Saints Church chanting slogans of national unity while Coptic youths chanted slogans against Mustafá Muhammad Mustafá, a...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
The Imbābah fitnah case was adjourned to the February 5 session to hear the testimonies of Maj. General Hamdī Badīn, Commander of the Military Police Corps, and ‘Abīr Fakhrī, the wife of the prime defendant.
In a heated session at the Supreme State Security Court (Emergency), eighty-four...
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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.