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Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church's Holy Synod formed an 18-member committee that will make a list of nominees for the patriarchic chair.
Clergymen on the committee included Bishop Hīdrā of Aswan, Bishop Benjamin of Monufia, Bishop Būla of Tanta, Bishop Abrām of al-Fayoum, Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles...
Date of source: Sunday, March 18, 2012
Copts, who are brothers and partners in the nation, enjoy the rights to any state positions depending on efficiency just like any Muslim citizen except those of al-Azhar, said presidential hopeful Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā. [Michel ‘Abd Allāh, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, March 18, p. 4] Read original text in...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Forty-three persons, including nine Americans outside Egypt, were referred to the Cairo Criminal Court on charges of involvement in illegal foreign funding, according to investigations. [‘Imād al-Fiqī and Muhammad Hijāb, al-Ahrām, Feb. 7, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2011
On November 28, the first round of the elections for Egypt's parliament (the People's Assembly or Majlis Al-Sha'b), start in Egypt. The Egyptian parliament will consist of 498 members.
Of these, a third of the seats (166 members) are elected by absolute majority vote in their own electoral district...
Date of source: Thursday, September 29, 2011
A number of masked men killed a security guard when they attacked the site of a former church early Thursday morning in a village in Fayoum Governorate, southwest of Cairo.
The men fired a barrage of bullets at the security team, which included one police sergeant and two guards. Security sources...
Date of source: Monday, March 28, 2011
Arab-West Report, March 28, 2011 Title: Interview with Mr. Sharīf ‘Ismat ‘Abd al-Majīd (Founder of the “Hatef Islami”) about the current situation in Egypt Authors: Drs. Cornelis Hulsman, Arndt Emmerich and Judit Kuschnitzki
Introduction of Mr. Sharīf ‘Ismat ‘Abd al-Majīd:
In 2000 I left the hotel...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2010
The parliament elections witness a struggle between the famous candidates.
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Coptic Orthodox Church takes a legal action against the owner of the falsified Bible.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The governor of Al-Fayyum cancels the contract to build 5000 houses for the youth with Orascom Company.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 29, 2011
A total of 1 death and 8 injuries were the result of an exchange of fire between Salafists and the citizens of Qasr al-Bāsil in Atsā, al-Faiyum governorate.
Salafists destroyed two coffee shops yesterday which made residents of the village seek help from the Armed Forces.
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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.