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Date of source: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper discusses the role of the difficulties surrounding church building in perpetuating interreligious conflict in Egypt, referring to the example set by Fr. Yu’annis.
Date of source: Friday, February 5, 2010
Osama al-Ghazoly is a seasoned journalist who we asked to evaluate the media discourse on Izbet Bushra, paying special attention to coverage given to expatriate Coptic websites. Since some of these websites make reference to human rights reports produced in Egypt, Osama has also involved these...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
CIDT’s Jayson Casper speaks to Sheikh Ahmad al-Sayih, a professor of Islamic doctrine at Al Azhar University who is originally from the governorate of Qena, about the attacks against Coptic Christians in Nag Hamadi.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Nearly one month after the incidents in Najc Hammādī, and with the trial of the three suspects approaching, CIDT’s Molinengo Vivien delves into the meanings and mechanisms of the process of reconciliation, emphasizing the need of punishment in achieving reconciliation between Christians and Muslims...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
On Monday 15th February, the AWR team held a meeting in our office with a member of Bishop Marcos’ delegation which had travelled to Nag Hammadi, who wished to remain unidentified. We met this source through an earlier visit with Bishop Marcos, in order to discuss our organization’s proper response...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
This paper explores the issue of Izbet Bushra** in depth, seeking to discover the larger context behind the incident as provide integration of as many facts and testimonies as could be collected. This has been done through access to the many media reports published about village, as well as through...
Date of source: Monday, January 18, 2010
Tensions in Izbet Boushra received national and international media coverage following a clash on June 21, 2009 between Muslims and Christians over a church building. AWR visited Bishop Stephanous, responsible for the diocese in which Izbet Boushra is located, in August 2009. The Bishop then asked...
Date of source: Monday, February 22, 2010
This paper focuses on the issues of peace-building in Egypt. Using Johan Galtung’s methodology of conflict resolution following medical practice of diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy, this peacemaking project suggests better practices. The diagnosis is examining the problems and studying past cases...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A paper focusing on the role of traditional reconciliation sessions in the Egyptian legal system, written to answer questions such as “Do reconciliation sessions have a relation to the law? If so, what is it? Are the examples of misuse highlighted by Copts aberrations of an overall beneficial...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 23, 2010
In the aftermath of the Izbet Bushra incidents, this paper considers the following questions using results from a questionnaire carried out amongst monks in the region: What are the community patterns necessary to avoid the occurrence of religious tension? Though the practical question is not...
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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.