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Date of source: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Archpriest Bishoy (Bīshūy), Secretary General of the Egyptian Council of Churches, stated his concerns about the sectarian tensions in Egypt. He reasoned the creation of the Egyptian Council of Churches to unite the various elements of the Christian community on theological, legal and scientific...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A seminar on the relationship between the concepts of consultation (Shūrá) and democracy in the jurisprudence of Islamic politics was held yesterday evening (April 30, 2013) at the Faculty of Sharī'ah and Law in Damanhūr. Muftī of the Republic Dr. Shawqī 'Allām supported the idea of Arab democracy...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Hātim Kamāl al-Shāzlī said that his daughter Ranā, who has been missing for seventy days, ran off to Turkey with a young Christian from Beni Suef. Al-Shāzlī accused Coptic clergy of using Salafī Black Magic on his daughter, forcing her to convert from Islam to Christianity. Despite the findings of...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
A number of Coptic activists lunched a campaign on the social-networking website “Facebook” under the slogan “no for inviting killers to the Cathedral” and that to demand from the church not to invite President Mursī, Prime Minister Hishām Qandīl and speaker of the Shūrá Council Ahmad Fahmī to the...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Dr. ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, member of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Office (al-Irshād Office), issued a fatwá banning greeting Copts in Easter. The Muslim Brotherhood Muftī continued that the Resurrection of Jesus Christ is against Muslims’ doctrine because Jesus or ‘Isá (as Muslims say) did...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
Al-Dustūr printed an interview given to Al-Hayat radio by Pope Tawadros in the run-up to Easter and following the attack on the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo earlier this month. He spoke about the attack on the Cathedral, the response of the President and the interior ministry and the impact of this...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
The First Attorney General of Beni Suef Prosecution remanded ten people under custody four days, accused of resisting arrest and destruction of public facilities in connection with protests related to the disappearance of Ranā Hātim Al-Shāzlī. Muslims and Christians from Al-Wastá both said that the...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
There was calm in the city of al-Wastá today following angry protests on Friday outside Saint George (Mār Jirjris) Church after it was accused of hiding a woman, Ranā Hātim al-Shāzlī. Ranā’s father revealed that meetings were had taken place between the family and one of the President’s advisors,...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II led prayers at the Saint Bishoy (Bishūy)Monastery in Wādī al-Natrūn on the occasion of Palm Sunday, surrounded by monks and bishops. He prayed for Egypt while Coptic worshippers flowed into churches to celebrate Palm Sunday, which commemorates Jesus’ entry into...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
The Salafī Front has stated that it is not Islamically permissible for Muslims to congratulate Copts on their religious festivals and that attending the Church to offer congratulations would be a “sin”. This is in response to an invitation from the Coptic Church to President Mursī to attend a...
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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.