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Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Islamic law allows Copts to build churches in Islamic countries, Egyptian Grand Mufti Ali Gomma said in a statement on Wednesday.
Gomma said in the statement that Dar al-Ifta, which issues religious edicts, earlier said that Christians and Jews are allowed to build their own places of worship.
Date of source: Saturday, September 10, 2011
Dr. Fatmah Sayīd Ahmad began the interview with Major General Abū Bakr al-Jindī, President of the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), by asking that all the statistics that were prohibited former regime, related to the census of Christians and Nubians in Egypt, be made...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Archpriest Salīb of Saint George Church in al-Mārīnāb village of Idfū city, Aswan, said that the church contacted the Aswan military ruler after the crisis got worse.
Extremists had sealed off the village on the morning of September 7, 2011 and closed entrances and exits to prevent Christians from...
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Review of Elizabeth Edward’s “Coptic Orthodox statistics and migration in Maghagha”
Date of source: Monday, August 8, 2011
Security apparatuses in al-Minia's governorate controlled clashes between Muslim and Coptic youth that took place on August 6, 2011, in front of Saint George's Church in Nazlat Faraj Allah village, al-Minia governorate. Tight security measures were taken to avoid further clashes.
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2011
Najīb Ghubryāl Najīb, President of the Egyptian Federation for Human Rights, has submitted a report to the public prosecutor, claiming that the President of the Islamic Center of Enlightenment was disdainful towards other religions.
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2011
The National Justice Committee has drafted a unified law on places of worship, aiming to curb fitnah ṭā’ifīyah, which will offer new approaches in aspects such as transfer of licenses, regardless of religion or location.
These plans come in the wake of the May attacks on churches in Imbābah.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Shaykh Jamāl Qutb, the former Chairman of the Azhar's Fatwa Committee, said the unified law regulating the construction of houses of worship was lamely drafted, criticizing lack of organization in building mosques and churches.
He cited an example of the neighborhood where he lives. "I live in an...
Date of source: Thursday, June 30, 2011
Two news reports have stoked sectarian tensions in Upper Egypt in recent weeks. The first involves two young Coptic girls who were allegedly kidnapped and forced to convert to Islam. The second involves a protest at a church were Muslims reportedly threatened to kill the priest...
There is a...
Date of source: Sunday, June 19, 2011
Human Rights First organization said that the unified draft law on the construction of places of worship has made both Muslim and Christian leaders unhappy, rejecting the draft as restrictive and discriminatory to their respective religions.
If the law is passed without serious revisions, the...
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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.