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Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Kamāl writes: "Some Brother Copts, as part of their repeated, angry discussion of the al-‘Umrāniyyah events, say, 'How could Copts be killed, while there were no deaths among the Brotherhood in the election demonstrations in Alexandria? Why did the police use live ammunition in al-‘Umrāniyyah and...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
The author queries why pro-regime writers have suddenly turned their guns on the Copts, lumping them together with the Muslim Brotherhood and Muhammad al-Barād‘ī.
"Is the reason perhaps the al-‘Umrāniyyah events, the arrest of Copts, and the Pope's seclusion?" Kamāl asks.
"We have learned that when...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
This article is critical of the attitude of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Pope Shenouda III regarding various issues.
"Until ten years ago, the church was stable and able to create equilibrium in the arena of events, whether these were between the Church and the state or between Christians and...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Politicians and experts agree that President Husnī Mubārak's appointment of seven Copts among the ten appointees to the People's Assembly represents an attempt to compensate the Copts for their lack of success in the recent elections, which saw only three Coptic candidates elected.
Kamāl Zākhir,...
Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2010
“We cannot differentiate between corruption in general, and the arousal of religious fitnahs. It is always said that corruption feeds on discrimination. I say this on the occasion of the al-‘Umrāniyyah events,” Khalīl writes.
“I always return to the report made by the late Dr. Jamāl al-‘Utayfī ...
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2010
"As reconciliatory efforts to contain the al-‘Umrāniyyah crisis proceed at various legal, political, and church levels...a few days ago a sign was hung up on a building under construction only a few meters away from the al-‘Umrāniyyah building, the scene of the clash over it being changed into a...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2010
Dozens of Muslims and Copts protested outside the Attorney General’s office yesterday, demanding the release of those arrested at the ‘Umrāniyyah riots. They were also demanding the removal of Giza governor Sayyid ‘Abd al-‘Azīz and and calling for a unified law for places of worship.
The protestors...
Date of source: Saturday, December 4, 2010
Journalist Mufīd Fawzī talks about the recent ‘Umrāniyyah church riots that left 2 dead. He says that, as a Copt, it is always difficult for him to write about political events involving Copts without being accused of either pandering to the authorities or being biased towards the church.
He says...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 7, 2010
A judge has extended the jail sentence of 154 Christians who were arrested following the riots concerning a church building in al-‘Umrāniyyah. However, two children and two women were released.
The incidents, which took place two weeks ago, resulted in two deaths and 67 injuries. Lawyers of the...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 2010
Hundreds of Copts in the United States on Tuesday participated in a peaceful march in New York demanding the release of those detained following the al-‘Umrāniyyah incidents.
The marchers then proceeded to the premises of the Egyptian delegation to the United Nations, where they submitted a list 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.