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Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Azhar scholars lashed out at a Jewish member of Knesset (MK) for ripping up the New Testament for a copy of the Bible and claiming that it was behind Adolf Hitler’s destruction of Jews. [Hassan al-Khatīb, Veto, July 24, p. 8] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
A Coptic human rights activist sent an urgent message to Foreign Minister Muhammad Kāmil ‘Amr asking him to summon the Israeli ambassador in Cairo to notify him of the strong protest and discontent of all Egyptians – Copts and Muslims – over an Israeli Knesset member’s desecration of a copy of the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2012
The salafī al-Asālah and al-Nūr parties excoriated the Azhar over the top Sunni establishment’s reiterated calls to keep Article II as stated in the 1971 Constitution. [Muhammad ‘Anaz, al-Ahrām, July 22, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, July 12, 2012
Scholars of the Azhar said the appointment of a Coptic vice president is permissible in Islam as long as this step would maintain the interests of the nation and the people, citing examples of Christian officials serving in Islamic caliphate countries. [Marwah al-Bashīr, al-Ahrām, July 12, p. 35]...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Egypt’s top court on Tuesday (July 10) overruled a decision by President Muhammad Mursī to reinstate the dissolved People’s Assembly, the lower house of the Egyptian two-chamber parliament. [Khālid Abū al-‘Izz, al-Ahrām, July 11, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, June 14, 2012
The fatwá is commonly known in the West as a death sentence. Among Muslims, the fatwá can be among the most powerful tools of Islamic populism. On a third front, the fatwá is simply a bureaucratic function. Which definition encompasses reality?
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
On June 4, Raymond Ibrahim, sent out news with the title “Graphic Video: Tunisian Muslims Slaughter Convert to Christianity.” Ibrahim’s warning that the video is immensely graphic is certainly true. The description of the Arabic text is mostly but not entirely correct. Here lies the problem. Was...
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria said Copts’ votes went to Ahmad Shafīq, Hamdīn Sabbāhī and ‘Amr Mūsá, dismissing claims the church instructed its congregation to vote for a certain candidate. [Rajab Ramadān, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 28, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, May 17, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood group will be the first association to be promulgated after the People’s Assembly will have passed the new law on non-governmental organizations, currently under debate, said an official in the Freedom and Justice Party. [Muhammad Khayyāl and Ahmad ‘Abd al-Halīm, al-Shurūq al...
Date of source: Friday, April 27, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius pledged the church will not interfere in Christians’ votes to elect a president of the republic, adding Copts demand that the clear mention of civil state be included in the constitution. [Khayr Rāghib, Yāsir Shimīs, Hamdī Qāsim, Ahmad...
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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.