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Date of source: Thursday, April 5, 2012
Acting Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius expressed the church’s keenness on maintaining the unity of the national march, adding the importance of the church’s duty in preserving social peace is growing.
Bishop Pachomius and an accompanying delegation met with SCAF Chairman...
Date of source: Thursday, April 5, 2012
Meanwhile, Coptic figures welcomed the Coptic Orthodox Church’s withdrawal from the constitution-drafting assembly and called for real representation of all segments of the society.
They said that the church’s decision, taken after a meeting of the Holy Synod, which endorsed the recommendations of...
Date of source: Thursday, April 5, 2012
“There is absolutely no deal between the Brotherhood and the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF),” said Shātir during a meeting with the trustees of the Islamic Legitimate Body of Rights and Reformation (ILBRR).
He added that a large portion of the interior ministry’s responsibilities must...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Upon celebrating the Christmas Mass on January 7 and receiving the congratulatory wishes extended by Egyptian public personalities, Pope Tawadros II left to Saint Bishoy Monastery (Dayr al-Anbā Bīshūy) in Wādī al-Natrūn.
According to a Church source, the Pope is reviving the weekly sermon tradition...
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, May 2, 2013
'Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, Muslim Brotherhood Muftī, issued a fatwá against Muslims greeting Christians at Easter without clarifying the state's position on the Israeli occupation and Mursi’s intimate message to Israeli President Shimon Peres in which he described Israel as a loyal friend. The fatwá ...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
Dr. Safwat Hegazy explained when, in his view, violence can be used: anyone can kill President Bashar al-Assad (Bashār al-Asad) because of his crimes against humanity. Also Israeli soldiers can be targeted since they are at war with Palestinians. This was prior to President Mursi’s removal from...
Date of source: Thursday, April 5, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood’s presidential candidate Khayrat al-Shātir said the implementation of the Islamic sharī’ah is his "lifetime project," adding there is no bargaining over it. [Muhammad Rādī, al-Akhbār, April 5, p. 7] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2012
The Azhar vehemently rejected the setting up of a so-called Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), asserting that the top Sunni Muslim establishment is the only Muslim reference concerned with religious affairs in Egypt. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Jan. 5, p. 14...
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2011
The Islamic Law Organization for Rights and Reform, the biggest coalition of Azharite scholars, Salafists and the Muslim Brotherhoods members, said that the bitter events taking place in Egypt are a single part of a multi-part conspiracy aiming at destabilizing Egypt. The Organization explained...
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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.