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Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Zakī, who is also director of the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS), called on the Azhar to activate this paper, which he described as "the key to a modern state and window of hope for the future."
Dr. 'Imād Jād, deputy chairman of the al-Ahrām Center for Political...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Bishop Frances Farīd, the deputy of Beni Suef patriarchate, Archpriest Ermia of the Manshīyet Haydar Church, and several clergymen held an 'urfī (conciliatory) session between the 'Alī and Nawas families in the village of Tazmant al-Gharbīyah before a sectarian strife erupted.
Four from both...
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsā of Youth issued a statement on Thursday (January 12) on the patriarchate's official website on social networking media Facebook that the church does not invite any Christmas well-wishers.
"Persons wishing to extend Christmas greetings usually notify the church, which...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2012
In an article about the phobia from Islamists' ascendance to power, to the concerns of Egyptian Christians, Coptic thinker Jamāl As'ad 'Abd al-Malāk said that many Copts feel that they do not have a place anymore in this country, particularly after the Islamists swept the majority of seats in the...
Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2012
“Muslims and Christians in the East make a united national fabric. Past dictatorial and despotic regimes have harmed both Muslims and Christians,” Dr. Tayyīb said during a meeting with Patriarch Gregory III Laham of the Church of Antioch on January 5.
The top Sunni Muslim cleric also appealed to...
Date of source: Friday, January 6, 2012
Interior Minister Maj. General Muhammad Ibrāhīm said a plan was hammered out in coordination with the armed forces to secure all churches nationwide during the Coptic Christmas celebrations.
“The plan, more like the one operated to secure the People’s Assembly (parliament) elections, envisages the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Furthermore, Pope Shenouda, in an interview to al-Akhbār on the occasion of the Coptic Christmas on January 7, said Egypt has never known fanaticism, adding all groups within the society must come together as united entity for the good of the nation through amity and sound understanding.
“There is...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation (ILBRR) said that Muslims should not congratulate non-Muslims on their religious occasions but approved congratulations to non-Muslims over worldly affairs like the birth of a child, marriage or condolences. [‘Abd al-Rahman Abū ‘Awf, al-Dustūr,...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
On the other hand, political parties traded accusations on the second day of the third round of Egypt’s People’s Assembly elections on Wednesday, January 4, 2012, as leaflets handed out in the western Egypt governorate of Mersa Matrouh judged that anyone voting for the liberal Egyptian Bloc would...
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III received Shaykh Tayyīb at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah, where Tayyīb and a delegation of Azhar scholars offered greetings for the Copts of Egypt and the Pope over the Coptic Christmas on January 7.
Dr. Tayyīb expressed hope that...
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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.