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16. Article "criminalizing any insults to God" erupts new differences between Al-Azhar and the Copts
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
A new proposed article by the Azhar criminalizing any insults to God, the prophets, Orthodox Caliphs or the Prophet Muhammad’s wives stirred differences and arguments between the top Sunni institution and Copts. [Rajab al-Murshidī and Salāh al-Dīn Hassan, al-Watan, July 24, p. 5] Read text in...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Meanwhile, the lists of voters electing a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who died in March, were placed on the notice boards of the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah and churches in governorates.
The eligible Coptic voters number...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Supporters and fans of Dānyāl, who was a member of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party and a co-founder of the Maspero Youth Union, celebrated his 21st birthday which he never lived to see. [‘Alyā’ Hāmid, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, July 24, p. 5] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The Egypt Copts Coalition participated in a ceremony it organized on Monday (July 23) to commemorate martyr Mīnā Dānyāl, who was killed during the October 9, 2011 incidents outside the state radio and TV building in the area of Maspero. [Shādyah Yūsuf, al-Ahrām, July 24, p. 4] Read original text in...
15. leaders of salafī parties and movements said the implementation of the hudūd has become imminent
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Meanwhile, leaders of salafī parties and movements said the implementation of the hudūd (system of penalties for offences and crimes in Islam) has become imminent because the people strongly support that, adding the secularists are weak and excel nothing but blabbering while they do not have actual...
16. Article "criminalizing any insults to God" erupts new differences between Al-Azhar and the Copts
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
A new proposed article by the Azhar criminalizing any insults to God, the prophets, Orthodox Caliphs or the Prophet Muhammad’s wives stirred differences and arguments between the top Sunni institution and Copts. [Rajab al-Murshidī and Salāh al-Dīn Hassan, al-Watan, July 24, p. 5] Read text in...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Civil movements rejected a proposal by ‘Ādil ‘Afīfī, leader of the salafī al-Asālah (Authenticity) Party, to form a commission of top scholars comprising salafī preachers and Azhar officials to be in charge of interpreting the principles of the sharī’ah stated in the Egyptian Constitution,...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Al-Wafd Party said it abides by the papers signed with other political parties and movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and salafī parties and said it rejects any attempts to change Article II of the Constitution. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, July 24, p...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Dr. Amnah Nusayr, a professor at the AzharUniversity, termed as “shameful” the incident, adding the Bible is a holy book and its desecration should not be ignored by any of the followers of all divine religions.
Dr. Zakī ‘Uthmān, a member of the senior scholars board in the Azhar, said Jews do not...
Date of source: Saturday, July 28, 2012
Dozens of Copts protested inside the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-'Abbāssīyah on Friday (July 27) to appeal to the Coptic Orthodox Church representatives to withdraw from the constitution-writing assembly which they termed as "sectarian". ['Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, July 28...
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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.