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Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
Former Parliament member Dr. Georgette Qalīnī said that Coptic activist Michael Munīr’s statement requesting that Copts not vote for the National Democratic Party (of which Qalīnī is a proud member) is his freedom of speech. She pointed out that Copts have the right to either listen to his advice...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2010
Laylá points out that there are elections going on all over the world right now in different forms and that the general direction is towards progress, which could either mean changing a system that doesn’t work or sticking to one that does. She asks which one the Egyptian people want and claims...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Mustafá opens with a story about famous Egyptian writer, Anīs Mansūr. The moral of the story is that people in Egypt have been made to follow religious, political and cultural leaders blindly. He says that the average Egyptian has lost the ability to form his/her own personal opinion. He criticizes...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
In an interview with al-Wafd, the official spokesman for the Egyptian Catholic Church, Father Rafīq Greish, said that former U.S. President George W. Bush is responsible for the Sayyidat al-Najāh Church massacre in Iraq because it is one of the consequences of the President allegedly destroying...
Date of source: Saturday, November 20, 2010
Majdī says that the nation goes through three basic citizenship tests during elections. The first of these tests pertains to the way candidates are selected. He says that the NDP failed miserably by selecting only ten Coptic candidates out of its eight hundred, while all opposing parties and the...
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 2010
Anna Lindh Foundation Executive Director Andrew Clart said that Egypt is an important country because of its religious diversity and called upon Europeans to understand that Islam is a religion of peace. Andrew told al-Misrī al-Yawm that one of the foundation’s main activities is to counter the...
Date of source: Friday, November 19, 2010
The article discusses the parliamentary battle over the Shubrā district. Al-Ghad Party leader Mūsá Mustafá Mūsá reportedly made a complaint to Pope Shenouda III about Bishop Yū’annis spreading rumors of the Coptic Orthodox Church endorsing al-Wafd Party candidate Rāmī Lakah against al-Ghad Party...
Date of source: Thursday, November 18, 2010
Dr. Mahmūd al-Saqā, the al-Wafd Party candidate for the Duqqī and ‘Ajūzah district in Cairo, embarked on an electoral tour around the district, during which he visited the Bishop Antonius Church. Al-Saqā says he was surprised by statements made by the NDP candidate for the same district, Āmāl ‘...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
With the parliamentary elections on the horizon, says Ahmad, the question arises as to whether Copts themselves have decided to stay out of politics or whether they were forced to do so by the state. Secular leader Kamāl Zākhir says that Coptic reluctance to participate in the elections goes back...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Al-Wafd Party General Secretary Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr said in a press conference held by al-Ahrām newspaper that there are seven basic safeguards that need to be provided in order to guarantee the fairness of the upcoming parliamentary elections. He also demanded the state close “back doors,"...
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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.