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Date of source: Sunday, February 26, 2012
Which images and stories are to be trusted? Copts and Muslims being united in Tahrīr Square in January and February 2011? Coptic Orthodox Priest Father Yu’annis and Salafī Shaykh Hamdī cooperating in the Upper Egyptian village of Qufādah or those of October 9, 2011, with raging armored vehicles,...
Date of source: Sunday, March 11, 2012
There are concerns about the approaches of drafting the new Egyptian Constitution which is currently dominating the political climate in Egypt. These concerns are associated with the criteria for the formation of the constituent assembly and its members. So far the final shape of the assembly is...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2012
Egyptians across the country, both Muslim and Christian, are reacting with sadness to the death of Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Shenouda III, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 88 following a long battle with illness, according to state television and cathedral sources.
- Ahmed al-Tayeb, the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
Presidential hopeful ‘Amr Mūsá has said that the constituent assembly [charged with drafting a new constitution] should include all sectors of the community, such as men, women, Copts, Nubians, liberals and Islamists. Mūsá specifically mentioned that there should be representatives from Sinai in...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2012
Rānyā Khalīl Ibrāhīm, the heroine of yet another sectarian trouble sparked recently in Mīt Bashār village, Minyā al-Qamh town, al-Sharqia governorate, said that she was not kidnapped and that she left her father’s home with her own free will. [‘Ādil al-Shā’ir, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, Feb. 19, p. 6]...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
During a rally for the presidential candidate 'Amr Mūsá, he stated that Egypt is an Islamic state and should be thus ruled by sharī'ah, under Article 2 of the Constitution, which he would follow if he came to power.
He stressed the importance of maintaining equality between citizens and denounced...
Date of source: Monday, September 19, 2011
Much of this week's coverage was dedicated to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister, and his visits to Egypt in which he promoted interfaith dialogue and the concept of a secular state. He met with leaders of Azhar, officials from the Coptic Church and various political representatives.
Date of source: Sunday, September 4, 2011
Presidential hopeful ‘Amr Mūsá renewed calls for withdrawing Egypt's ambassador in Tel Aviv until Israel apologizes for violating Egyptian borders and killing five security personnel.
On Saturday Mūsá said on Twitter that Israel needs to understand that recent developments in the Middle...
Date of source: Friday, June 24, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III received Arab League Secretary General 'Amr Mūsá, a presidential hopeful, for a 50 minutes' meeting during which they discussed a host of several issues and developments in Egypt.
Mūsá said during the meeting that the regime of President Husnī Mubārak has used the...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2011
On the first day of a presidential poll on the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) Facebook page, Dr. Muhammad al-Barād'ī with 36% of the total number of voters – 64,000.
Barād'ī was followed by Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-'Awā with 20%, former Prime Minister Ahmad Shafīq with 12%.
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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.