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Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2011
On Monday, May 9, 2011, Egypt's liberal Wafd Party officially condemned sectarian violence in Imbābah and accused members of former President Mubārak's regime of being behind the events.
The Wafd party argued that former regime members have an interest in replacing freedom with chaos and...
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2011
In an official statement the UAE government announced its condemnation of recent sectarian clashes in Imbābah in Cairo.
UAE Foreign Minister Anwar Qarqāsh [Reviewer's Note: The al-Misrī al-Yawm newspaper committed a mistake by mentioning that Anwar Qarqāsh is a foreign minister of the United Arab...
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2011
Egyptian Public Prosecutor ‘Abd al-Majīd Mahmūd ordered the formation of a team of prosecutors to investigate sectarian clashes that occurred in Imbābah, Cairo, on Saturday, May 7, 2011.
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Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
On Sunday, May 8, 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) publicly condemned reckless intolerance and crime. Both were leading to chaos, thereby seriously threatening “the revolution and its objectives.”
The MB welcomed the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ decision to put suspects of the Imbābah...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
While presidential candidate Muhammad al-Barād’ī tweeted that “urgent measures [are] required to combat religious extremism & intolerance”.
Wā’il Ghunaym pointed out that “the only solution for sectarian strife in Egypt is implementing law and justice among people without exceptions.”
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Date of source: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Mā'mūn Findī, author of the article, wonders how can the public understands the attacks on churches in Imbābah.
He explains that it can be summarized in the phenomenon of purification by violence in public.
In an attempt to purify themselves from Mubārak's regime, a lot resorted to violence as a...
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
AWR's Managing Director, Mr. Hānī Labīb, obtained these statements by the Egyptians Against Discrimination movement, condemning the Imbābah incidents and the continuous conciliatory sessions, always resorted to in dealing with sectarian crisis.
Date of source: Monday, May 9, 2011
AWR's Diana Maher Ghali writes a two days' press review on Imbābah incidents.
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
Date of source: Sunday, May 8, 2011
The Salafī demonstration and subsequent attacks on Coptic Orthodox churches in the poor Cairo suburb of Imbābah on Saturday reportedly began after claims that a Christian woman, 'Abīr, had converted to Islam for marital reasons and later ran 'Awwāy. Whatever the truth of these claims, the fact...
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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.