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Date of source: Friday, June 29, 2012
Several Coptic activists, emerging from a meeting at the Egyptian Union for Human Rights Organization, agreed to name two Copts for vice president post or membership of a presidential council – Tourism Minister Munīr Fakhrī ‘Abd al-Nūr or Deputy Governor of Cairo for the Northern Area Samīr Marqus...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The verdict passed by al-Minya Criminal Court on May 21 convicting 12 Copts and sentencing them to life imprisonment while acquitting eight accused Muslims in the same case, known as the Abū Qurqās sedition case, has caused widespread anger among the Copts. Arab-West Report asked intern Cassie...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The Muslim Brotherhood is a difficult subject to tackle. Some of this is the fault of others – there appears to be significant bias against them in many quarters. Some of this is their own fault – they are a closed organization accountable to no government oversight.
Date of source: Friday, June 8, 2012
Presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq asserted that there is no alternative for Egypt but a civil state, adding Egypt will never be another Afghanistan or Iran. [Husnī Mīlād, al-Akhbār, June 8, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, March 10, 2012
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) handed over a memo to the president of the People's Assembly about the constitution panel. CIHRS said that the members of the constituent assembly should be outside parliament in order to protect the constitution's legitimacy.
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2012
The U.S. State Department’s International Religious Freedoms report grilled the ruling authorities in Egypt, which, it said, caused religious freedom violations, adding Egypt, the heart of the Arab Spring, has seen hope turning into panic after human rights deteriorations under the Supreme Council...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
Rānyā Khalīl Ibrāhīm, the heroine of yet another sectarian trouble sparked recently in Mīt Bashār village, Minyā al-Qamh town, al-Sharqia governorate, said that she was not kidnapped and that she left her father’s home with her own free will. [‘Ādil al-Shā’ir, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Feb. 19, p. 6]...
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2012
Rev. Jawhar ‘Azmī, a member of the Executive Committee for the Dialogue Council at the Coptic Evangelical Synod of the Nile, said there are no reasons for the state of panic in Coptic circles.
“Enlightened liberal parties and the Azhar are assurances that the future of Egypt will be fine,” said ‘...
Date of source: Thursday, December 8, 2011
One of the most confusing aspects of the recent clashes in Tahrīr Square is why they happened at all. The basic story, told at length here, is that a small group of sit-in protestors were dispersed violently by police, and as word spread more and more protestors joined their ranks. Eventually...
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2011
In The Name Of God Most Gracious Most Merciful Our beloved country, Egypt, is going through a very critical transitional period after the 25th of January peaceful revolution. The current situation is very critical and demands a lot of wisdom and self-restraint. We are facing many challenges,...
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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.