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Date of source: Tuesday, November 11, 2014
03. Egypt Exposes “Terrorist Brotherhood” in Front of the World
Egyptian human rights groups slammed the Muslim Brotherhood at an assembly of the UNHRC, the purpose of which was to review the state of human rights in Egypt. The Egyptian interim-Minister of Justice Ibrāhīm Muhinīdī addressed the...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 4, 2014
1. Details about Pope Tawadros’ II. visit to Russia
Pope Tawadros II. arrived at the Moscow Domodedovo airport on his visit to Russia, during which he met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Cyril (Michael Fāris, al-Yawm al-Sābi’a, Oct. 29).
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Conference in Paris supports Sīsī’s call for a religious revolution to rid Islam of extremism
Participants in a conference called “Religious Extremism and Terrorist Organizations” expressed their support and appreciation for President Sīsī’s call for a religious revolution to rid Islam of...
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Wādī al-Riyān Monastery Crisis: Are monks stealing the state’s land?
UN Representative for Minority Affairs Jawzīf Malāk demanded that the Egyptian government resort to judicial proceedings to solve the conflict over the ownership of the land under the Wādī al-Riyān Monastery in Fayūm. Malāk...
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Although their situation is better than in Iraq or Syria, the Copts of Egypt suffer persecution
The American television network Fox News reported that even under President Sīsī, Copts in Egypt still feel isolated and persecuted. One Coptic activist said “we are always the weakest group in...
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Attorney General’s Office confiscates “Freedom Walls” for unclear reasons
The book publisher Dār al-Tanwīr released a report explaining the controversy surrounding the book “Freedom Walls” written by Doctor Sumīr Mahmūd. Alexandria’s Attorney General’s Office confiscated copies of the book last...
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The Pope challenges ruling allowing Copts to remarry
Pope Tawadros is mounting a challenge to a new ruling passed by an administrative court requiring the Coptic Church to permit Christians to divorce and marry a second time. His challenge rests on the argument that the court did not interpret...
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Revered Nādī Labīb:consecration of the woman is a milestone in service to the Church
Reverend Nādī Labīb, speaking at a specially held press conference, confirmed that the church does not oppose the consecration of women as reverends, saying that that is an important moment in service of the...
Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2015
On January 4, 2015, the Libyan Ambassador to Egypt reported that he had not yet begun coordinating an airlift to evacuate Coptic Christians from Libya. He added that the embassy was involved in intense and ongoing discussions with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry to organize in an effort to get them...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2014
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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.