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Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
“The Muslim Brotherhood has always been against the revolution while the Salafists have always been rejecting revolts against rulers…black flags were raised in the sit-in of al-‘Abbāssīyah a couple of weeks ago to indicate that al-Qā’idah entered Egypt, which has not taken place so far. However, al...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Bishop Bisāntī of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah, commenting on the initial results of the first round of Egypt’s post-revolution presidential elections in which Mursī and Shafīq made it to the runoff round, said Christians will accept what God Has chosen and the president approved by the Egyptian people....
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Egypt is holding its breath watching the results of the presidential elections so anxiously for the next president and to see who wins: the civil camp or the religious camp.
Islamist candidates are parroting slogans advocating freedoms and rights and respect for plurality. Election statements may...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
In another development, several Coptic movements protested outside the Supreme Court headquarters on Saturday (May 26) to demand the re-trial of 12 Copts sentenced to life terms for involvement in the sectarian incidents of Abū Qurqās in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya. [Author Not...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
The deadline to receive papers of candidates for the papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, who died in March, expired on Saturday (May 26).
The final list of candidates included 18 names – eight bishops and 10 monks – while Bishop Mūsá of Youth stepped down...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Bishop Bisāntī of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah, commenting on the initial results of the first round of Egypt’s post-revolution presidential elections in which Mursī and Shafīq made it to the runoff round, said Christians will accept what God Has chosen and the president approved by the Egyptian people....
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Meanwhile, Dr. Kamīl Siddīq, the secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Millī Council in Alexandria, denied that all Coptic votes went to candidate Ahmad Shafīq, adding the majority of their votes went to Hamdīn Sabbāhī.
He also denied that the church has directed its congregation to elect a...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
“The Muslim Brotherhood has always been against the revolution while the Salafists have always been rejecting revolts against rulers…black flags were raised in the sit-in of al-‘Abbāssīyah a couple of weeks ago to indicate that al-Qā’idah entered Egypt, which has not taken place so far. However, al...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Meanwhile, a well-placed source at the committee supervising the papal elections said it approved announcing the initial list of candidates for the Coptic Orthodox patriarch post on May 19, adding the list will include only seven out of the 15 candidates who applied for the position so far.
The...
Date of source: Monday, May 14, 2012
Many of Egypt’s 8.5 million Copts are deeply alarmed by the possibility of having an Islamist president, opting rather to vote for former officials in the Mubārak regime.
Coptic votes will be mostly divided between Mūsá and Shafīq, both had served in Mubārak’s government, said the Washington Post...
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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.