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Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2012
Dozens of Coptic women gathered outside the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah on Friday (May 18) to protest statements by Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, in which he called on Christian women to observe modest clothing and “follow in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Presidential candidate Ahmad Shafīq said Christians are full partners in the nation, pledging if he won the elections, he would choose a highly-efficient Christian woman as vice president to cover religion and sex in the same time. [Ashraf Sharaf and Sarhān Sinnārah, al-Akhbār, May 16, p. 5] Read...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
This is a comment on an article with a similar title published on April 13 on a blog called “Salamamoussa. Reclaiming Egypt,” named after Salāmah Mūsá (1887-1958). He was a well-known journalist, writer, and advocate of secularism and Arab socialism who was born into a wealthy, land-owning Coptic...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Mamdūh Hamzah, General-Secretary of the Egyptian National Council, specified seven requirements for the members of the constituent assembly such as:
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Field Marshal Muhammad Husayn Tantāwī, Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) endorsed an announcement of public morning in Egypt over the death of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, who passed away this week at the age of 89. [Walā’ Wahīd, al-Wafd, March 20, 2012] Read text in...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2012
Egyptian Christians are mourning the death of Coptic Orthodox Pope and Patriarch Shinūdā III, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 88. Pope Shinūdā (August 3, 1923 - March 17, 2012) was extremely popular among millions of common Christians. A charismatic reformer and an advocate of Christian...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
Seeking to keep the case of their father in front of the public eye, the family of the Blind Shaykh, ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Rahmān, organized another conference at the site of their open sit-in across from the American Embassy.
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2011
The Law No. 344 of 1952, amended by Law No. 173 of 1953, promulgating the Treachery Act is still in force and has not been revoked. Mahmūd ‘Abd al-Hādī ‘Ananī, an attorney at the Appeal Court and Supreme Constitutional Court, explains that Article 1 of the Treachery Act states that it will be...
Date of source: Friday, October 7, 2011
The fact-finding committee, headed by Minister of Justice Muhammad al-Jundī, has finished preparations for its report on the names of the unlicensed NGOs which have received foreign funds, breaching the sovereignty of the state and national security.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Five thousand expatriate Copts protested in front of UNESCO in Paris condemning Maspero incidents and chanting slogans against the Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) and the Egyptian government.
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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.