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Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
In a report submitted to the Public Prosecutor Tal’at Ibrāhīm, a number of leaders from the Orthodox Church and some Coptic secular figures were accused of forming a terrorist organization known by the name “Black Bloc”. There are allegations that the Church has individual “Black Bloc” scouts in...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
An investigator in Alexandria has revealed the mystery of the five Christian citizens killed in Naj’ al-Salām in Burj al-‘Arab of Alexandria Governorate on February 25, 2013. Investigations have confirmed that there are no suspicions of this being a sectarian-motivated crime. Last year a dispute...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Representatives of the Churches of Egypt have refused their participation in the national dialogue called for by President Mursī because of a lack of commitment to agreements made during previous sessions. Based on this, they claim the dialogue is unlikely to be fruitful (John ‘Abd al-Malāk, Mu'taz...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Not present at the dialogue, and apologizing for their absence, were representatives of the Church and a number of political parties, including Misr al-Qawīyah (the Strong Egypt) Party and al-Tayār al-Misrī (the Egyptian Current) Party. Noticeably absent as well were the following public figures:...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
On Friday, February 1, 2013, Pope Benedict XVI ratified the election of Louis Raphaël I Sako as the Chaldean Catholic Patriarch of Babylon and the Head of the Chaldean Catholic Church, successor of Cardinal Mar Emmanuel III Delly who became the first Iraqi Cardinal in 2007.
Sākū had been Chaldean...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
A wildfire broken out in the late evening hours on Friday, February 1, 2013 at the 'Abd al-Latīf Prep School for girls located next to Qasr al-Dubārah Evangelical Church on Simon Bolivar Square. Demonstrators and other people in the area tried to control the flames to prevent it from spreading to...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
During the first weekly sermon, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II called for an end to violence and prayed for peace and stability in Egypt. Additionally, Pope Tawadros II explained he would meet the Grand Shaykh of the Azhar the following day (Sunday, February 3, 2013) in order to sign the document...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, said on Saturday, Feb. 2, that Jum'ah was consulted on a number of fatwás. Bayādī also mentioned that the signing of the Azhar document represents the first attempt to calm the situation in Egypt. Until today there have not been any...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
The Egyptian Committee for Justice and Peace organised a symposium at the Catholic Church in Asyut Governorate. The symposium addressed a number of issues, including: the need for interdependence between the political parties; al-Nūr Party initiative (which includes the formation of national...
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2013
On behalf of both Christian and Muslim members of Dār al-Iftā’ (House of Iftā') International Exhibition Ceremony, Archbishop Būlus ‘Uwaydah has asked the Minister of Culture Dr. Mahmūd Sābir to support a public demand that ‘Alī Jum'ah remain in his position as Muftī of the Republic. His term as ...
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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.