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Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2011
A Military source stated that no church was burned in Giza, Asyut, or Helwan and denied any clashes between Muslims and Christians in these areas.
Date of source: Thursday, January 27, 2011
As Egyptian opposition protests enter their third day, some leaders in the Coptic Orthodox Church are urging their members not to participate, which has caused a reaction by some Christians who feel the church should be involved...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Muhsin 'Arīshī quotes observers who believe that influential bishops in Coptic Orthodox Church have dismissed Jesus' message of peace.
Moreover, security authorities and moderate copts are debating the reason coptic radicals decided to follow the example of Muslim fundamentalists attempting to take...
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Muslim and Coptic activists varied in their opinion about Pope Shenouda's seclusion in protest of the continued detention of Coptic youth arrested because of their clashes with the security forces in al-'Umrānīyyah incidents
Some of these activists believe that the pope's seclusion is a way of...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
Church sources say that Pope Shenouda decided to retreat from public life in protest against the fact that the 154 Copts tkane prisoners in the Al-‘Umrāniyyah incident were still not released.
Sources assured that most of the sectarian incidents end up with a reconciliation meeting but this time...
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
‘Imād al-Dīn al-Jadīd criticizes Pope Shenouda’s weekly sermon on Wednesday at Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (al-‘Abbāsiyyah) in which he stated that he demands the blood of those who were killed in the Al-‘Umrāniyyah incident.
Al-Jadīd believes that the Pope should rather leave what...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2011
AWR Chief Editor Cornelis Hulsman says that the government, Muslims, and Christians need to work together to address the growing sectarian tension in Egypt in order to prevent future attacks, such as the the New Year's Day bombing of a Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, which left 21 dead and...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak has met with Pope Shenouda III ahead of Christmas celebrations. The two met at the Presidential Palace in Cairo late last month.
The meeting came in light of the Pope’s perceived disappointment at the government’s actions in the ‘Umrāniyyah church construction...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2010
Hānī talks about the delegation led by Bishop Theodosius visiting the Governor of Giza after the ‘Umrāniyyah riots, a visit rumoured to be an official apology to the Governor.
Hānī took part in the delegation and says that its purpose was definitely not to apologize, nor to point fingers, but to...
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2010
Nādir interviews Father Mīnā Zarīf of the Virgin Church in ‘Umrāniyyah who has been put in charge of the ‘Umrāniyyah riots file.
Zarīf says that he is disappointed in the media for spreading false rumors that the delegation led by Bishop Theodosius “apologized” on behalf of the Church to the...
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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.