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Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has requested that all of the districts send in their recommendations surrounding the Personal Status regulations to the clerical council. On Thursday, March 21, the Pope held a lecture about the Personal Status regulations during a conference organised by the...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
A conference titled, “The Egyptian Identity Between the Nation and the Sacred,” has been organized and will be held on Saturday Mar. 23. Attending the conference are representatives of the Azhar, the three Churches of Egypt (the Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical) and a number of leaders of the...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
Security forces in Sohag succeeded in controlling what appears to be sectarian strife following the outbreak of an armed brawl between a Muslim family and a Christian family over a piece of land owned by the state. The clashes took place in the village of al-Khizindārīyah in Tahtā Township. The...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
Dozens of Copts from the village al-Wāstá in Beni Suef Governorate have closed their shops in response to threats from the family of the Muslim girl who disappeared over a month ago. This follows an appeal from the church that all shop owners close their shops to avoid an escalation of the...
Date of source: Friday, March 22, 2013
A number of political powers and youth movements have called on every Muslim in the Governorate of Beni Suef to come out and participate in a huge march after Friday prayers to demand the return of the girl. According to a movement of al-Wāstá's youth, which includes dozens of youth and activists,...
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2013
Archpriest Albert Louis, Priest of the Evangelical Church, said that the decision of the Copts and civil powers to boycott the elections was an inevitable development. He rejects the regime’s insistence on holding elections despite the difficult security conditions. He emphasized the importance of...
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2013
The security agency in Sharm al-Sheikh has found the girl that caused numerous attacks on the St. George Church in Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate. In response, the Archpriest, Abānūb Wahīd Rā’ī, exclaimed how everyone can now see that the Church did not play any role in the abduction of this woman....
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2013
Bishop Pachomius of al-Beheira and the five Western cities said to al-Sabāh that the Church is closely following the case of detained Copts in Libya, accused of proselytizing. Many officials and the Egyptian Embassy in Libya are trying to release a number of detainees and prove the invalidity of...
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2013
During a ceremony held at Dār al-Iftā’ (Ifta House), in which Shawqī ‘Allām officially took the position of Muftī of the Republic, ‘Alām said he will not allow anyone to drag him into the battle of the political parties.
He also noted that the first job of Dār al-Iftā’ is to issue a legitimate rule...
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2013
Leader of the NSF, Dr. Wahīd ‘Abd al-Majīd revealed that the Front is preparing to form a “People’s Parliament” to challenge the legislative policies for the upcoming parliamentary election. The upcoming elections have been described as “invalid” because it will be a parliament in favor of one...
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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.