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Date of source: Monday, November 15, 2010
Over one million Copts and thousands of Muslims gathered at Mount Ruzayqāt for celebrations of Mār Girgis (Saint George) Day, which go on until November 17. Among the attendees is Governor of Luxor, Dr. Samīr Faraj, who declared a state of emergency to guarantee all the necessary services for the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 13, 2010
The article criticizes a number of parliamentary candidates from the National Democratic Party, the Muslim Brotherhood, and opposition parties for promoting themselves during Friday prayers at various mosques around the country. Some candidates only distributed flyers, while others went to the...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2010
During a lecture in Faiyum, Bishop Bīshūy denied making offensive comments about the Qur'ān and expressed his support of the Islamic Research Academy’s call to ban defaming religions. Protestant leader, Jamāl As‘ad, says he considers Bīshūy’s latest comments a “convincing” apology, yet urges him to...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2010
Over the last several weeks, controversial remarks by Bishop Bīshūy of Damietta and Islamic thinker Dr. Salīm al-‘Awwā have filled the pages of the Egyptian newspapers. AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman provides a recap of the events....
Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2010
A source at the Muslim Brotherhood Shūrá Council revealed to Al-Wafd that six parliamentary candidates were given the green light to run in Minya. The candidates are Bahā‘ ‘Attiyah, Dr. Muhammad Sa‘d al-Katātnī, Bakr al-‘Uylī, ‘Abd al-Rahīm ‘Abd al-Salām, Isma‘īl Tharwat ‘Abd al-Fattāh and Muhammad...
Date of source: Sunday, October 17, 2010
The head of the Syndicate of Lawyers, Hamdī Khalīfah, told al-Wafd that the Grand Shaykh wanted to attend the conference but he instead had to go on a business trip to Luxor. He also said that Pope Shenouda III could not attend the conference because he was sick and was getting ready to leave for...
Date of source: Friday, October 15, 2010
In an interview with onislam.net, Azhar Grand Shaykh Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib said that if it weren’t for the Azhar, Bishop Bīshūy’s comments would have caused a fitnah that could have hit Egypt from Aswan to Alexandria. He added that although he hates conspiracy theories, he believes there to be...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2010
This article mentions the University of Asyut’s establishment of a centre for research and studies on human rights. The centre, which is directly under the charge of the university president, aims at promoting academic research in the field of human rights, propagating awareness of international,...
Date of source: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Several Orthodox bishops proceeded in attacks against the Protestant sect during a conference in Fayyoum yesterday. Bishop Bakhomious warned against dangers of Protestantism and claimed there was a master plan to rid the Middle East of Christianity. He claimed the migration of Orthodox Christians...
Date of source: Thursday, September 23, 2010
Al-Wafd acquired a copy of Bishop Bishoy's lecture at Bishop Ibram's Monastery in Fayyoum, where he questioned a Koranic verse declaring anyone who believes that Christ is God a non-believer. Bishoy suggested the verse might have been deliberately added after Prophet Mohamed's death for the sake of...
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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.